As the world begins to slowly open back up over the next few months, rejoice and be glad in returning to those people and activities you’ve dearly missed over the past year. I know there are several things I’m desperately looking forward to; it’s been hard, but we are close. But please, don’t abandon everything you’ve learned and adapted to.…
A year ago, we didn't know COVID-19 existed. Today, we started public COVID-19 vaccination. One year. That's all the time it took us to move from "complete unknown" to "beginning functional immunity" on a novel virus. One. Year. It's been a hard year for sure. More 1.6 million dead worldwide, and some of those recovered have long-term side effects. Countless…
I’ve been considering what I wanted to share for a while—I even had some thoughts almost ready to go about Blaise Pascal and Emily Dickinson, but they felt...too abstract. So sorry in advance, this one is a bit of a ramble—you get stream of consciousness today. I want to be clear. I’m currently in a place of incredible privilege, even…
Remember as we all go through this--everyone is doing their best. As we continue to get new information, guidelines, and regulations, there are bound to be questions about how certain populations are being cared for, the wisdom of certain policies, or even the actions of groups or individuals. And it's great that people care enough to ask those questions, and…