No, really, you’re fine

On the lovely art of making people feel at ease.

You’re not supposed to look at your phone when you cross a big downtown street. But you know how it is.

And please refrain from judging me. It felt urgent. I mean, it binged, didn’t it?

It can be a new story or a reply to that question you asked a week ago, or your kid telling you, with absolute urgency, that you must…