Losing a father during the pandemic era, and trying to make sense of time lost. DLBiller has today’s AP Virus Diary.
David Biller holds a photo of himself and his father on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, at his apartment in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The photo is from when they watched the Red Sox beat the Yankees in the bottom of the ninth inning on Sept. 11, 2012, at Fenway Park, in Boston. One month later, the author moved to Brazil.
Coronavirus protocols meant consulting a doctor by video who told him his symptoms weren’t worrisome, and he only needed to be careful about falling.My mom wasn’t sure that my dad, a physician, would want me or my three brothers risking infection to travel home to Massachusetts. But final farewells seemed near. So after five months of avoiding airplanes and hospitals, I rushed headlong toward both.We spent days in the critical care unit, hearing worsening prognoses.
We reserved a house on an island off Massachusetts for our first family trip there in almost 20 years. We’d listen to James Taylor, play Scrabble and buy boiled lobsters to eat on the beach while watching the sunset. It was a reunion to anticipate, and to motivate his recovery. I can hear his booming call when he caught sight of me, feel his hug. We toasted his career and honored him all night with raised glasses. I recounted a Sox game where I heard him explain how he watches out for his boys above everyone, no matter what. That was my first glimpse of what fatherhood was all about.
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