Then/Now

Sixteen years ago today I was sitting on my couch in San Francisco, frantically calling my grandmother, my aunt and uncle, anyone I could think to reach out to. Both my parents worked in New York City and I could not reach either of them. That day they walked from their respective jobs (Canal Street, Midtown) all the way to Jamaica and were able there to get public transit back to Long Island. They didn’t get home until midnight.

It was a very long day.

The past four days were pretty long as...