9.24.21

Over the summer I was introduced to A Little Book of Courage for the Big Pandemic by Cheri Lovre. My introduction came during a presentation for school leaders about dealing with trauma in the wake of the pandemic. The author, who is an expert in crisis response and trauma intervention, suggests that we all have experienced the emotions prevalent in a crisis ranging from anxiety to grief and depression, to trauma. As we begin to emerge from the worst of the pandemic, Lovre proposes that our journeys through these emotions will eventually lead us to three possible resolutions in a “new normal”: recovering, regaining, and reinventing.