and it's a trial for a lot of people as individuals. i wrote that column because i had been at the grocery store doing some pre-christmas shopping, picking up things, and it took me about a half hour longer than it should have because people who watch this show and others kept coming up to me and just feeling the sort of anxiety and fear and at times despair at what was going on. in the middle of last week, it was just crazy to a nation that is used to crazy by now. we've gone through a couple of years of this. and it you had just got ton that point. and i think, yes, we have to -- we have to remember that joy cometh in the morning and it is