This year it feels like we skipped from November to March. This winter was snowy and cold and it felt like winter—except we didn’t get that winter rest.

My friend texts me from out of state. “How are you doing today?” Alex Pretti has been killed by Border Patrol agents. He was helping a stranger. I tap at my phone, unsure of what to say. “We went to a candlelight vigil just down the street, so it was our neighbors. I ran into…