After having lived through two and a half years of the Covid19 pandemic, we find ourselves once again at the starting line, ready to start a new academic year, a new school year for our children, and a new year of social life, in the broader sense of the term. The pandemic hurt us badly, it made us feel the suffering of the disease with almost 6.5 million deaths (171,911 in Italy) and over 600 million confirmed cases in the world. It introduced us to the darkness of loneliness and isolation, the fear of uncertainty and the precariousness of planning. But we are strong, and we are starting over, some with more enthusiasm and some with lingering fear, but all well aware of the fragile balance in which we find ourselves.

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