People have started sending us Christmas cards and letters and making me feel guilty. I don’t have any photos on paper or cards so I will offer a holiday response as a blog post.
Merry Christmas or whatever holiday you celebrate near this time of year. I hope this note finds you and yours in good health. Cindy and I are doing well. For a few months after we had our third COVID shots, we were almost feeling normal, but it is difficult to remember just what normal should be. This year was a bit of an improvement. We were able to spend time in the same room with vaccinated family and friends and I even spent a little time in local coffee shops. The reading and writing must go on. We traveled a bit in our trusty rPod, but there were no trips across an ocean. We hope to make it to Hawaii in a month or so and host our immediate family and an assortment of our friends. Maybe. In comparison to others who have had to struggle with work and school, we have had it relatively easy. No worries over constant testing and quarantines. No worries over who can skip work and watch the kids. Our immediate family despite the exposure in schools, medical settings, and work settings have all evaded COVID. Still, there is that feeling that we have lost time and experiences we cannot ever get back.
So, here is a toast to better days ahead and to appreciating the opportunities and experiences of the past. Perhaps we will see you face to face in the new year.
