As y'all know, I was a Spanish university prof for 12 years, then a hospital chaplain for 10, and now a community college instructor for nursing and other students for 10.  In other words, my career hasn't chased promotions as much as it's been about PTSD recovery, my own and that of others with PTSD I came to know.

I'm one year away from my retirement date of July 1, 2021 as this pandemic is complicating school work for us all.  Today my state's governor and federal authorities starting talking on tv about back to school plans for this Fall.

I got kidney disease when Seroquel for my PTDS nightmares met diabetes and caused me permanent renal damage.  I collapsed while teaching in the classroom in 2018 and spent the night in the hospital to come out and find my supervisor had replaced me with another instructor.  I collapsed again at home Feb. 24, 2020 and hit my head and spent another night in the hospital during this pandemic.

I'm one of those COVID-19 risks from pre-existing conditions, then.  Returning to the classroom now has to take that into account.  This past Friday I got word from my supervisor and administration granting my request not to return face in the classroom this Fall so I could live stream teaching from home and stay safer. I'm really happy about that.

Today's TV news about returning to school this Fall, though, reported that the federal government may cut funding for schools that don't return teachers to classrooms.  I teach at one of the poorest community colleges in Appalachia, so we're really dependent on federal funding.  Today's news reports alarmed us where I live such that our state's governor, Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, went on TV to respond to these reports of political pressure.

On DS we agree according to our Rules of the Road not to politicize here nor proselytize for religion, so I struggle with how to express my anxiety about this debate over my workplace conditions in an apolitical way.  It's not politics to me, it's about my kidney disease and my PTSD.  Again, I was in the hospital just this past Feb. 24th, so I'm not being paranoid.

I just want my community college supervisor and administration to stick to their good decision for me to let me live stream my teaching from home this Fall. 

Please, if you pray, would you pray that they can stick to their decision for me? 

If you're not a person who prays, could you send good thoughts and wishes hoping their decision sticks? 

I really need just to get through this one last year safely and I can retire.  Support welcome.