My birthday is coming up and I still haven’t gotten anything from my wife. I know, I know, I’m horrible! But how can you celebrate a full year of living with Coronavirus?
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I guess you shouldn’t invite friends to a party.
Should I give my wife a mask? Sport jeans? Bleach?
Can it be believed that we have all been living in a pandemic for a whole year? True, only 12 months ago we used to do weird things with friends like shake hands or hug or gather for dinner without fear of killing people.
Only one year. It’s amazing the weather really it doesn’t to fly.
It may have been an exhausting 12 months, but I would like to focus on the positives for a moment.
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Okay, enough of that.
No, really, the last twelve months have been interesting, but I would be lying if I didn’t admit to having learned a couple of things:
- I’ve found that my family’s nightlife over the last year has caused me to not be a good cook yet.
- I found that if I don’t eat a big cheese and don’t drink half a bottle of bourbon at midnight, I won’t wake up feeling horrible the next morning. I find that I have to keep discovering this lesson.
- I have found that receiving groceries online takes longer than buying groceries in person.
- I learned that using conversation in the text is the most efficient way to get someone’s nerves.
- And finally, and most importantly, after spending almost every moment of the last twelve months with my five children, I’ve learned that I’m no longer afraid of Harry Chapin’s song, “Cat’s in the Cradle”:
“When you get home, Dad?”
“I do not know when
But we will meet then
You know you’re going to have a good time then. ”
Happy birthday, everyone!
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Story produced by Julie Kracov. Editor: Chad Cardin. Illustrations: Mitch Butler.
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