DIANE O'CONNOR

2020 really got me thinking. Like so many others, I was reeling a bit after our brutal 2020. The world seemed to go completely mad overnight. But I've lived a long time, and when I actually took some time to look back, I realized that it really wasn't "just overnight." When I was in grade school, a nike missile site was installed across the highway from our neighborhood. I participated in air raid drills and felt the anxiety of the adults around me as the Soviet Union posed a