Views From Afar: COVID Hope

Happy Inauguration, America!

On Wednesday morning, January 20th, at 8:00 AM in Southern California, I laughed and cried in my pajamas. Legs under the covers, my husband and I hugged and traded off who was holding the kleenex or the phone, while on that tiny screen our country swore in a new government. 

We will get a handle on COVID thanks to clear leadership and efforts like Biden’s 100 days of Masking, I thought, reveling in my relief and COVID hope.

By afternoon, tears squeezed fro...