Day 2: Recommitting
For those of you from the future reading this (I say from the future because I know for a fact no one reads this blog in the present), you may realize it's Election Day. And a tense Election Day it is. I'm in need of self-care more than ever before. From this election tension (magnified by the terror attack in Vienna of yesterday), however, came some kind of beautiful human connection that was very much needed. I was able to catch up with long lost friends from when I lived in Vienna, who were safe and doing well. I saw pictures of one of my friend's newest sons, who turned 8 months in October; I was invited for a visit as soon as things settle down. I was able to chat with my old college roommate who I watched the 2016 election with, and to congratulate her on her law school acceptance. The group chat with my friends from elementary school became active for a brief 30 minutes to check on everyone's wellbeing. For my exhausted self, sometimes reaching out is tiring; I...
