I Am Worried We Will Forget

Violent insurrection, nearly 500,000 dead in a pandemic, and our desire to find a silver lining

Caption: A memorial to victims of COVID-19 is seen at the Lincoln Memorial pool on January 19, 2021, in Washington, DC. Image via Getty.

Some days, when I am walking or running in my neighborhood, I will look up and everything will look like a completely different town. I feel disoriented and confused until I remember that I do live in a completely diffe…