I don’t know about you, but I’m as confused as ever. I wake up in the morning and from the moment I bring the coffee cup to my lips my head is already spinning.

We have good reason to be as exhausted as we are, to feel as sad as we are. Whether you believe it or not we are grieving—some in a more literal sense than others—and the ways in which we might normally deal with this grief have been taken away from us.

Human companionship. Social connections. A lunch date with girlfriends. A hug....