My dreamtime early this morning yielded a high school football cheer I haven’t heard in almost fifty years. What do we want? A touchdown. When do we want it? Now. I hear it in the voice of Tammy, last name lost to time, who sat in front of me in French class. I’m sure you hear the cadence. It’s pretty much Cheer 101. Except, as usual, my brain did something entirely different with it. What do we want? Health & Wealth. When do we want it? Now.
Read MoreTranscendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson was known for claiming, “The first wealth is health.” Today I’m sure deputy editor of The New York Times Magazine Jessica Lustig agrees with him. In her article “What I Learned When My Husband Got Sick with Coronavirus,” she describes taking care of her beloved spouse as he is ravaged by COVID--19.
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