The first time I drove up one of San Francisco’s vertiginous hills, I was pretty sure my car wasn’t going to make it. I still remember the street we were driving up when my son, then nearly two, said to me “I no yike dis hill.” “Me neither,” I replied. It was terrifying.

We are all born good and worthy. We don’t need to be perfect to be worthy of love and support. We are all working on things.

I tend to be a positive and hopeful person, but I’ll admit that yesterday I was feeling DOWN. I wanted to share some of the things I do when I’m feeling down. Because yesterday, I needed the reminder.

I hit a wall last weekend. There had been news reports that perhaps this virus situation could last eighteen months, and I was feeling, frankly, despondent. I spent a day and a half really struggling.