Theresa Crimmins, 2019-2020 Fellow. This piece was first published in Thrive Global. “January: gray, dull, sluggish. Dark. The longest, dimmest month of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Stark, lifeless tree branches scrape a dull, sunless sky. In much of the country, it seems that all is inert outside our windows; the view is bleak.” […]