How are we doing? The short answer is that we’re OK. The real answer is much longer.

My friends ask me how I’m doing.  The short answer is always, “We’re OK.”  But the real answer is much longer.

I feel a lot of anxiety these days.  It’s always there, sometimes with more intensity than others.  But a constant, ever-present, lurking beneath our routine.

Like everyone else, sheltering in place is a component of it.  There are the combined aspects of keeping my four children entertained, keeping them from fighting, …

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