Abby McCloskey, Dallas Morning News, April 12, 2020

”The virus has put unprecedented distance between us. By doing so, it may well pull us back together.

As many of us have left our offices, churches, restaurants and schools while the pandemic sweeps the country, there’s been a growing recognition of how much joy and richness was gained in community, how ubiquitous and fulfilling it was.

The absence has been glaring. Of hugs and handshakes and twinkling eyes. Of lively conversation, shared meals, casual hellos. We took the people around us for granted, not in a dismissive way, just in an it’s-always-been-there,” can’t-imagine-it-not-being-there sort of way. Zoom and FaceTime help, but can’t fully capture the magic.