I will admit, it’s been challenging putting words on paper the last few days. People everywhere are struggling with the many changes taking place and are trying to make sense of this new way of life. For me, what keeps things in perspective is that people have faced extraordinarily challenging times before, and that in those dark times, there was always light. And such is the case now. This will indeed pass, and once it does, we will realize just how very resilient and resourceful we were. Many people around the world are worried, not only about becoming ill, but also about the changes to their daily lives, and how…

I want you to close your eyes for a moment and imagine that you are in France. Go ahead, I’ll be here when you’re ready to come back…… What did you see? Were you walking along the Seine or gazing up at the Eiffel Tower? Perhaps you were strolling by a boulangerie and caught a whiff of freshly baked baguettes and brioches. Or maybe you stopped to look at lovely pastries displayed in the window of a pâtisserie. Art lovers may have been at the Louvre searching for the elusive Mona Lisa. And coffee lovers were likely sitting on the terrace of a café, with their perfect little cup of…