Amanda Brainerd's Blog - Posts Tagged "writing"

I am trying hard to stop, take a deep breath, and calm down -- I think a lot of us are. Our world is spinning out of control, and the uncertainty of so many things (politics, planet, public health) is deeply stressful. Humans are a resilient bunch, but we feel things intensely. And it is an intense time. I am trying to live in a kind and generous way, helping friends and family in need, and counting blessings, while quelling feelings of terror and sadness. Have been reading great novels as much as I can, reminding myself of wonderful things that humans create, and trying to turn off my ADHD as much as I can,. I am working on the next novel, and think that as humans we have only one direction in which to move: forward.

I am cautiously optimistic as I read the NY Times' timeline stating that most people should be able to have access to the vaccine by the summer. I hope this does not devolve, as I fear it may, into another horrible example of the haves and have nots, but for the first time I feel like we all may emerge from what has been a long nightmare.