I wasn't sure what to write about today. When it's my week to connect, I'm sometimes paralyzed with 'no new news' or, on the other extreme, events of such magnitude it feels far too overwhelming to attempt to address, on a random Thursday morning. This week marks exactly two years when the Coronavirus outbreak was officially declared a pandemic. Two Years. A quick internet search to confirm this being the actual date of the WHO announcement, and I end up on Wikipedia's "On this day...". And what struck me this morning is not a singular event or birthday - but I found myself considering all the minuscule and profound day-to-day happenings, all that flowed concurrently with or followed these notable dates.

This week, in their time. Some fell as natural as rain, some arrived almost in defiance. Pandemics took hold. The earth quaked. Tsunamis followed. Markets crashed. And an Einstein was born. And a Kerouac. And a Ginsburg (RBG, not Allen - note the spelling). And folks sat down for dinners, learned new dances, looked out at the ocean, read or wrote their first novels, went on dates. Laughed at bad movies. Failed tests. Fell in love. They all thought, in their own way and for their own reasons: What a difference a week makes.

My four year old is learning the concept of time - not yet saying "Next month can we...?" or even "Next week let's go to...". Instead she says, for things more than a day away: Can we go there tomorrow's tomorrow? Or even: How about tomorrow's tomorrow tomorrow? I find this amusing, but also have come to embrace it a bit. To not look too far ahead or take too much for granted this week. To try to take things one day at a time, or perhaps one week at a time. I don't know what next week holds for us, but I hope you find some small joy today. That you find time and means to connect with that or those most important to you. It seems worth mentioning, that the first telephone call was made on this date (March 10, 1876). What would have been your first words? Whom would you have called? What will you say today?


- Daniel