A few years ago, I read an article on grief that referred to the firefighters and the builders. The firefighters swoop in immediately, and are there to support you in the days and weeks after your loss. The builders are there to help re-build your life. six months, two years, a decade after your loss. This idea resonated with me a great deal, especially as losing someone, like most traumas, doesn’t have a fixed recovery period. And because the hard work is often in the recovery. When your firefighters are busy putting out new fires. This is why the world needs both firefighters and builders. I, like most of us, have been thinking a lot about how I can support people during this surreal time. I have friends who I know are struggling, and many of our local businesses are holding on by a thread. Social distancing renders us less useful than we’d like –– firefighters can’t do their jobs without getting up close to the flames –– and let’s be honest, we all have fires of our own to manage. So, in the meantime, all we can do is support from a far, knowing that there will be plenty of opportunities to be builders on the other side of all of this.