If we will be living with this virus fore the rest of our lives, I think we have to figure out how to live our lives as safely as possible, but still work and go to school and see our families, etc. It has to be done responsibly but it has to be done, in my opinion.
This Saturday, my husband and I are going to go eat dinner with my son and his wife, and their 5 year old daughter. I am so excited to see them as a family again.
Our last two short visits were on lawn chairs on their front lawn. Waving and smiling from 10 feet away.
Saturday night we are going to eat dinner, socially distanced, on their back patio. We will BBQ like we did so often last summer, and wear masks except for when we are eating. We will throw the ball for their dogs and catch up on our lives.
My son gets tested once a week at his job site. His wife and daughter have been quarantining since March 12th. They order all their supplies online and walk their dogs in the neighborhood. That is pretty much it.
We have been quarantining as well. I go out for supplies very occasionally, but always mask up and wear covered eye shields and gloves and shower upon my return.
So we are taking a big step towards family normalisation. it is very painful not to spend time with my only grandchild. They only live 20 minutes away. She just turned 5 and I have barely seen her since she was 4 and 1/2. She is so much taller, and she can read now. I don't want to miss out on her childhood.
So we will continue to take these same precautions against the Virus. But we will begin to reconnect with family we have not seen.
I have not seen my 89 yr old mother since march 12th. She is no longer able to use her cell because she just cannot remember how to do it.
So we can only talk by her landline phone. And she has not really seen any loved ones since last March. Her retirement complex has been totally free from Covid, thank goodness. That is because it locked down on March 11th. I was told to leave on the 12th because it was shutting down and all visitors needed to leave.
It is great they did that. They saved all 200 seniors by doing that. But Mom is getting very lonely. They are not even allowed. to see each other. She has her own little apartment unit. But no one can visit and she cannot go anywhere but to her mail box and to the laundry room down the hall...
My brother is going to try and visit this month but he has to have a negative test within 24 hours of his visit. He will do so because he also feels like it is time to reconnect with our family.
If they say it will be around until late 2021, then many more people will begin to feel the same way. We need to figure out a way to see our loved ones, especially the elderly, who do not have that much more time.
