There'll be a lot of nostalgia for things we used to love doing before this is all over -- big public meets and displays, spinning with friends, browsing brick-and-mortar stores for new spintoys, etc.
A psychologist on Coloado Public Radio yesterday said that seemingly small losses like these can pile up into a genuine grief that we brush off at our peril. And the only really effective way to deal with it, given that we're still social primates at heart, is to talk through those losses with a sympathetic human. Your dog is a poor substitute.
Our forum exchanges may be several steps removed from a consoling face-to-face, but I think they have an important new role now.
