When the Playgrounds Reopened

The bittersweet pride in children's bravery

We knew so little when the cities began to shut down, and I knew even less. Catherine and I fled New York to stay with my parents in Fairfax County, Virginia, less for our safety than because we had a baby on the way and gambled on there being a better situation awaiting us in Virginia hospitals when the time came. It also was a great privilege to have …