Back in early March, shortly after Maryland announced it’s Covid-19 social distancing and stay home orders, I wrote this essay about how closing down my massage therapy practice and not being able to connect with people through touch left me feeling lost and disoriented. The shift from regularly touching people for hours at a time to not even being able to come within six feet of anyone outside of my household was a particularly difficult adjustment for me. This essay was published as part of Art in the Time Covid-19, released as an ebook back in July by San Fedele Press and American Writers Review. A portion of the proceeds for this anthology are donated to Doctors Without Borders. I highly recommend grabbing a copy if you’re interested. You can read my full essay, Losing Touch, below.