a featured piece is relaxing with friends over an extended dinner, candlelight flickering, sharing stories with no consideration of the passing time.
![summer storm](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e23164d72c72a5f12f629b5/1595446086930-MXULQ4TAZN8FXTT6ANF9/300+px+Summer+Storm+copy.jpeg)
summer storm
This fall, we are going to do things differently; maybe that is the one certainty. It may be hard to plan. We may have little control over the outcome, but maybe that isn’t so different after all.
![my frontline](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e23164d72c72a5f12f629b5/1592267049851-5XNNDQNTQF3UNG7W00YC/fullsizeoutput_7b.jpeg)
my frontline
These past few months at home, when we have quarantined and spent time away from our normal lives, I am reminded of my summer also away from my normal life. And if I learned one thing from my time in the hands of the workers on the frontline - we are in very good hands.
![the marathon](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e23164d72c72a5f12f629b5/1586221493748-7IEMZ9R2VI5LM0ICAV8F/the+marathon+copy%28ed2%29.png)
the marathon
"Life is a marathon, not a sprint" is an analogy that is painfully overused and probably inherently flawed, but when I consider this time we are in now, it's hard to ignore the similarities.
![time to stand](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e23164d72c72a5f12f629b5/1586185725360-6ZJENUGFXQ07HJ8MIAX7/time+to+stand.jpg)
time to stand
My watch vibrates, reminding me that there are signs out there. Do you see them?
![corona connection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e23164d72c72a5f12f629b5/1585819440871-0ZM66E864BQ1FOBSFKWJ/corona+connection.jpg)
corona connection
At times like these, we put politics and differences aside to care for each other. We do that well. We always have.