It’s now a year on since the Covid-19 pandemic shut down major cities in China, and that same pandemic & its tandem economic downturn has led to a lot of talk about Medicare for All and cancelling student loan debts during this past election cycle and in the middle of our transition into a different White House administration. I think my sister would have been very glad to hear these stirrings. For one so burdened by how broken our educational and healthcare systems are, I imagine news these days might be very exciting. Thinking about what a phone call might be like, I can almost hear her voice again.

Thinking of Amanda today