long distance in the time of corona

I had followed her on IG for almost a year and admired her from afar in all of her kooky, creative, and deeply feeling beauty. She is quite active with thousands of followers and posts often. I was under no illusion that I knew her, but I did develop a crush on her.

She is a ceramic artist and a couple weeks before Valentine's Day I impulsively purchased a mug from her website and sent it to her as a gift. I had zero expectations other than to do something nice for someone that I thought could use it.

What I did not know is that my gift arrived at almost the exact moment that she needed it most. Our long-distance romance of 2814 miles moved at light speed, so that in February we already booked a trip to meet in Italy in May. Everything was aligned. The global pandemic scuttled that trip and yet another one that we had planned for June. We love each other deeply and have no idea when we will be able to meet for the first time. Yet we are filled with appreciation everyday that we have met at this time in our lives and in history.