Courtesy of M. Bridgette GoldenAt the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I was three years into a career as a medicolegal death investigator. For a while, we drew blood and vitreous on-scene so doctors wouldn’t have to (COVID-19 remains detectable after death ― long, long after death). When the world shuts down and your job kicks up, that job quite literally becomes your life. "This was the first year I got to spend with my family since I became a death investigator," she writes. M. Bridgette Golden is a former death investigator, proud native Midwesterner, aspiring business owner and first-time story writer.

Source: Huffington Post July 23, 2023 15:48 UTC