SEOUL – I’ve always thought I would be prepared to face my mom’s death. I grew up watching her go through a series of illnesses and a medical accident that almost took her life a few years ago.
She often speaks of a future without her in it. She’s been rushing me to save up and buy a flat so she can find peace knowing I’ll have a roof over my head.
To be frank, she’s not the only one who’s been thinking about a possibility of her sudden absence. I’m a journalist, though.
I can handle surprises. But when unexpected news about the coronavirus ambushed my family, I found that I couldn’t. When I heard my mom saying, through a door crack, that she might have the coronavirus, my heart sank like a free-falling elevator.