Red letter day

Barry and I were married forty-seven years ago today. When you think about all the reasons that couples do not make it to this milestone, it seems nothing less than a minor miracle that we are still, to quote an old song, “happy together.” These difficult times of lockdown must be especially challenging for unhappy couples. Although we would love to be going out and celebrating, we are just grateful to be here in our wonderful home enjoying a quiet day and “seeing” our grandchildren over Zoom. We hope that we will make it to that major milestone three years from now and be able to celebrate with our whole family together!

We have had a little too much excitement over the past week. Simmie and Ronen live in a house with a flat roof that decided to start leaking during the torrential downpours in the Boston area over the weekend. And Julia, who the pediatrician initially thought had a minor eye infection, turned out to have somehow gotten a small piece of glass lodged in her eye. Fortunately, that has now been removed and she seems as good as new.

I am sending along links to two videos about face masks. The first is a news report about the benefits of wearing them, which hopefully people will continue to do at least until a vaccine is available. Of course, if you think about this too much, you wonder a bit how we humans have survived this long without those masks! It is not going to be easy to return to “normal,” whatever that may be.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=265706771159373

The second is a very clever parody on this topic based on some of the famous songs from “Hamilton.” Humor truly is the best medicine.

https://youtu.be/m_HZectGDlo

Stay safe and well.

Love,

Rebecca