Summer is nearly over. The days are growing shorter, the nights a little cooler. The girls are back in school. Fall is upon us. I had hoped our lives would have returned to normal by now, but I’m beginning to wonder if our lives will ever be normal again. The media doesn’t back down. Every cluster of positive cases is covered as though COVID-19 has mutated into a high-powered Ebola virus with a 99% death rate. There is no hope for those who believe their gloomy projections, just fear and uncertainty overtaking their lives like a fart in an elevator. One woman posted on a news article related to children…