Friends, I tried.
My raising the alarms was never SOLELY about me and my family, although they were certainly my number 1 concern. It wasn't safe for any of us and I knew that. It was that knowledge that isn't just "common sense" or "reasonable". It was a prompting, an urgency, that came from an unseen power that was telling me I needed to make a stand. Whether you believe in a Higher Power that sends direction and guidance or not, I don't know. I've seen it happen too many times in my life to believe anything other than that. I'm not religious, but I am spiritual and I listen. That "voice" has saved me more times than I can count and I know better than to ignore it.
Did I think I'd get fired for speaking truth? No. Would I do it again? Yes. Right is always right, no matter how others paint it or change the story.
As I see so many of you struggling I can't help but be struck by how wholly avoidable this whole fiasco was. Those of you with compromised immune systems, those of you caring for aging and disabled family members, those of you who are just miserable, those of you with little ones...it didn't have to be this way. Yet here we are.
Rather, here you are. Today is my 14th day away from there so my period of concern is ending but yours is running forward at full speed. My antibody test was negative so, even though I was horribly sick for two months, it was apparently not the 'Rona. My fears were, without question, more than justified.
I am sorry so many of you are suffering needlessly. I am sorry that someone's pride was too loud to listen to the one voice who was speaking up. I'm not sorry I stood up for what I knew to be true and right though because that's likely the very thing that is sparing my family. (Knock on wood)
My thoughts and prayers are with each of you and your families.
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