I stood up as my babies started making noise. "We're Pack, we're family, we WILL get through this together," I said. "Now, let's get to work."

We came back together for dinner, and the news had calmed down quite a bit. Nothing new was happening until it was announced the President would be speaking to the nation at seven PM.

We had prime rib for dinner, with the rest of them going into the walk-in freezer. Marge had done a dry rub on the outside and John had put it on the smoker for four hours, it was fantastic... and yet none of us had any real appetite. We went...