Lent 2020, Day 16: Pandemic.
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In the midst of my craptastic Thursday, I read a lovely poem by the writer Marina Carreira inspired by the COVID-19 hysteria. I asked her if I could share it, and while telling me I can, she reminded me to breathe.
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Thank you, Marina. Refocus. And breathe. And then check out more from this fabulous Luso-American writer here, or buy her latest book, Save the Bathwater, here.