If Oreo could talk I do believe he would have some things to teach me about getting through this transition, and this life.

It really doesn’t seem like we are ready to be out in public together among each other. Maybe people have forgotten how to behave?

It was a horrid year and one that I don’t wish to repeat. But maybe there is a way to look at it differently.

Life was normal. And then suddenly - it wasn’t. Everything was shut down. At no point last March did I believe that I would still be here.

It is not so much the stuff that is bothering me now as it is the amount of stress and angst and money required to get that stuff.

Now seems like an opportune time to do a self-check. A mental health review to see how you are doing.

Being scared or afraid is normal. Everybody is scared of something. Some of us just have a longer list but, we should find some comfort.

If you have never seen improv, watch an episode of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” and you’ll understand the appeal.

But a simple truth remains: We are not what has happened to us. No traumatic experience, natural disaster, event outside our control or terr

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