A year ago, I was in San Jose at my former boyfriends’ house when the first shelter-in-place order was issued for the Bay Area. Fear was the driving factor behind all actions that day and in the weeks and months to come. Fear of being arrested, fear of dying, fear of never seeing loved ones again, fear of abandonment. Well, it's amazing how one adapts to fear and everything else that has accompanied our COVID-19-filled lives.  Here’s how my life has changed and how I’ve adapted to the … [Read more...]