The Bare Life Review just posted my essay “We Had Time” on their website. Last year they published my story “Final Exam” in the print issue of their magazine. I loved the care and attention they gave to editing my work, so when I received their invitation to contribute to a special blog series on the coronavirus pandemic, I was eager to send them something, though I wasn’t sure what. A couple of days later, this little piece of reflection unspooled from me.