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FROM THE EDITOR

This is Now
IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, the streets are wide and curvy, they circle around and meet
each other at multiple intersections, interspersed with cul-de-sacs. Every house has a
driveway, and the yards are large and, now that spring is upon us, green. Daffodils
and crocuses are blooming, buds are starting to appear on trees and bushes,
and even dandelions are all over the lawns.
The warmer temperatures and
sunny days make it easy to get out
of the house and take a walk. The
statewide lockdown and school
closure mean the houses are full,
families are together, adults are
working from home when their
jobs allow it, students are learning
at home, teachers are teaching from
home, and no pet is left alone.
And as we all share a common fear of this unknown illness
charging across our nation, there
are moments to cherish because

we are doing this together. All day
long there is a constant parade of
neighbors, walking the sidewalks of
my neighborhood, waving friendly
greetings from a safe distance,
breathing deeply of the fresh
spring air, offering to share excess
supplies, wishing each other well.
Meanwhile, there is a longing
for normalcy. On the tax accountant side of my life, I'm diligently
processing returns, focusing on
those clients who will get refunds,
grateful for the extended filing

date which takes
the pressure off of
working long nights.
Would I return to my
normal tax season chaos
if I could? In a heartbeat.
There remain the larger, unanswered, philosophical questions,
the questions that will haunt us
for the rest of time. Did we do this
to ourselves? Can we truly recover
from this? Will the next one be
more devastating? Is this what
the end looks like? What have we

GAIL PERRY, CPA

Editor-in-Chief
gail.perry@cpapracticeadvisor.com
@gperrycpa

learned? What will we
never learn?
Perhaps our lessons
to learn relate to the
fragility of life, of every
molecule around us, the danger
in things we cannot see, the precious moments with those we love,
and a new, deeper understanding of
what is important, what is essential,
in our lives. Will we help our clients
restructure their processes and
reassess their mission to develop a
more meaningful purpose? Will we
see the world more clearly through
the eyes of others? Do we dare hope
for a silver lining to this pandemic?
For now, we wait, and we walk,
and we notice that Mother Nature
continues to nurture us, to show us
the sunshine and the flowers when
everything else seems bleak. ■
- Gail Perry, Editor-in-Chief

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