Take a moment to notice that your nose isn't running. 

Notice that you aren't congested. 

Notice that your nose isn't red and raw from rubbing it. 

Notice that the space above your top lip isn't burning from tissue friction.

Notice that your throat feels fine and that you can laugh without coughing.

Notice that your eyes aren't stinging and that you are fever-free. 

Hold on to this moment.

Savor it. 

Thank your soft, dry nose and your empty nasal passages. 

Thank your immune system for being the victor that it is.
We don't pay enough attention to these moments when they are with us. We only miss them when they go.

Unless, your nose is running and you are congested. Unless your nose is red, raw, and stinging. Unless your immune system has slacked off and decided to take a break from being a warrior.

If these things are true: join me in having a quarantined movie marathon. Or, a quarantined book party where we sit together under covers and quietly read our own books. Let's have a tea party with tissues and cough drops instead of scones and cucumber sandwiches. Let's take DayQuil and NyQuil and push through this. 

Bless you.