I hope you and your family are well and have enjoyed the summer. Students headed back to school this week and some employers have adopted a hybrid model - working 3 days at an office and 2 days working from home.

Just over 1 year ago the pandemic was quickly changing from something that was happening elsewhere to other people, to something that was happening to all of us everywhere. It went from an abstract thing on the other side of the world to something very real in our community.

Democratic nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden looks to have an edge in the race, leading President Donald Trump by about seven percentage points in recent national polls. The contest for the U.S. Senate –key to a potential Biden administration’s ability to implement its agenda –appears close to a tossup.

The answer is YES, but as humans we spend endless amounts of time trying to figure it out. When, in fact, all we can do is be ready. Life comes at us fast. Remember history may not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.

You have been hearing several new terms in recent months, frankly, like it or not, we must accept them. Some of the terms include, “essential services”, “asymptomatic”, “social distancing”, “flattening the curve”, and the “new normal”.