Rebecca Regnier

In late 2009 I got a phone call. The man on the other end was a stranger to me, but he explained that he wanted to organize a 5K in our community. And he wanted the proceeds to go to student-athletes. He’d called the township to see how one started such a thing, and someone there said 'You should call Rebecca Regnier.' My name came up because, in 2009, I was pushing hard to raise money for the Bedford Public Schools athletic department.

Did you update your iOS? That’s your iPhone Operating System. Updating your iPhone is like cleaning the gutters. It’s a chore. And it seems like something you don’t need to do because who even sees inside the gutters? But every homeowner knows you have to do it. Honestly, you know you’re adulting, as they say when gutter cleanliness is on your to-do list. This brings me back to the iPhone update.

I had to run into Kroger the other night, and a huge display caught my eye. Before I move on, running into Kroger for a quick trip felt very “before times.” Before March 13, 2020, running errands was a chore, and no big deal — it's part of life. But since March 13, 2020, it’s required a level of planning I imagine NASA scientists undergo before a spacewalk. Grocery shoppers were armed with the fortitude of a "Walking Dead" character. The idea that you’d just run in for one thing?