Cara Santa Maria

Cara Santa Maria Instagram – Pandemic reading ~~~> COVID-19 has had an incredible impact on all of our lives. Each of us has a unique story about its physical, emotional, financial, and psychological effects. Last year, I went through a bittersweet breakup with my partner of several years. We’d owned a home together so leaving meant buying my own place. Owning a home alone as a youngish woman is a rare and bewildering accomplishment, especially in a city like Los Angeles. But I felt naively secure. I was on a hit television show that paid better than anything in my life before. No worries about my tuition for the incredibly expensive PhD I’m pursuing, right? Mortgage, insurance, bills…no problem! I’ve got this. A global pandemic was not in our budget. None of us were fully prepared for this. Needless to say, my show was canceled. Clinical training became strained due to lockdown. Thank goodness for podcasting but of course like all of us, it’s not enough. We are learning to cope with change and hope the rug doesn’t completely come out beneath our feet. And I’m one of the luckiest of the lucky. My struggles pale in comparison to the millions of Americans facing mounting medical bills, eviction, trauma, and the loss of those they love so dearly. To cope, I buried myself in my books. In their pages, I found perspective, hope, strength, empathy, and humanity.
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Have you read any of these titles? What does your pandemic reading list look like? I hope you are keeping your heads up, friends. Sending you my love. 📚❤️ | Posted on 31/Aug/2020 01:02:11