Patience may be considered a virtue, but I am quite certain that "waiting" is not. Waiting for test results, waiting for cancer staging, waiting to find out if our child is going to be OK. Waiting for the COVID test, waiting for the result of the PET scan, waiting for the results of the genetic testing, waiting for hospice to begin, waiting to know if your name will be on the list for the next set of layoffs. Waiting for the results of an important election. It can feel as t

Like me, you may have had the experience of picking up a heavy load, sometimes grudgingly, sometimes willingly... never imagining the stamina it would take to continue that excruciatingly heavy lift over time. It might look like being furloughed from the company who told you only last week that they had your back - or it might look like being the person in charge of determining the furloughs, knowing the huge impact your decisions have on people you care about. Or it might lo