We’ve taken a lot for granted in our lifetimes. We can communicate with friends and family around the world in real-time. We are able to travel almost anywhere in the world within a day. We are able to buy almost anything we want online and have it delivered in days if not hours. Life was good.

As optometrists and opticians, we got used to visiting New York and Las Vegas every year to see the latest styles and learn the newest trends in our industry. We made friends with colleagues from all across our great country and from around the world as well.

In the blink of an eye all that comfort, all that convenience, all that camaraderie was highjacked by a virus so small that it can only be seen with an electronic microscope. The same technology and convenience that made it easy for us to travel the globe and order merchandise from anywhere also served to spread this killer virus and did such an effective job that it shut down the world economy for months. We have barely recovered from the effects of COVID-19, but we are working on it.