1 June 2020: A vigil

Just before lunch today, some neighbors and I met in a traffic circle median in our neighborhood. Masked and distant, we sat in disbelief, worry, anger, and heartbreak, and then we planned.

Tonight, just before 8, T, J, O, and I, plus my dearest K, joined so very many others streaming into our neighborhood park. Candles and flashlights in hand, masks donned, hearts heavy, we gathered. The news today has been so terribly chilling. After a brief introduction, we knelt in silence for nine minutes in memory of George Floyd and in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. I felt some hope in this communion of neighbors, friends, and strangers.

We are deeply thankful to all who came. And I thank you, my dear Jack, for helping distribute flyers today.