I am sure some may think this a political statement but it isn't. For the past three days I physically didn't have a voice. A wicked virus affected our entire family. A sore throat soon catupluled into a bad case of laryngitis. I knew the only remedy was vocal rest and lots of fluids. The only problem with that plan, I work in the retail industry and the month of December means me being in stores selling products to consumers as they complete their holiday shopping list. I had out of town visitors and I greeted them with no voice. As I met people who were speaking at a normal tone, I just had to smile and point to my vocal chords using sign language to inform them I had no voice. I had SO much to say during their visit but I physically couldn't. No one heard me. I could just sit and observe the conversations happening around me. Honestly, a very humbling experience. We ate lunch and there was normal chatter, dialogue, solutions given to