Hi, friends.

I’ve tried to write this so many times. I kept putting it off because I felt I had nothing worthy of putting into the conversation. But I just want to share a few things, and maybe, I hope, you’ll start to feel a little better, too.

For a while, all the anxieties I’d fought against were coming back. I was afraid to go for walks alone. I couldn’t make eye contact with strangers. I felt like I forgot how to drive. But things are starting to feel more normal. I’m grateful for my home, my partner, our cat, and my job. We’re both set to work from home for the rest of the calendar year, and it doesn’t feel as daunting as it did in March.

I’m doing what I can to get through. I get some sunshine and a tiny bit of exercise every day. I try to give myself a little bit of time without my phone, without the news, without the constant updates of the scary world. I’m trying. I hope you are, too.