"'How are you?' Back before the pandemic, when you and I would greet other
people by asking this question, we usually didn't expect or desire a real
answer. If we got one, it had better be brief, and not too grim or involved. We
weren't up for long-winded or dreary responses. That's not how the game was
played. The pandemic might have altered our customary 'How are yous?' a bit. It
might have made them less superficial, and more sincere. Those three words
definitely mean more to me now than they used to. How about you?"
Phyllis Cole Dai shares more in this thoughtful piece.
