This month is, obviously, October. There are a few traditional things we acknowledge and participate in every October, like Ten-Ten Day, Columbus Day, Halloween, etc. The past two or three years, we\u2019ve also had another activity that we looked forward to \u2014 Grandparents Day at Emily\u2019s school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While I haven\u2019t heard anything \u201cofficial,\u201d I\u2019m guessing we won\u2019t be attending Grandparents Day with Emily this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The regular \u201cNational Grandparents Day\u201d is celebrated September 8th \u2014 I don\u2019t remember hearing much, if anything, about it this year. It\u2019s extremely difficult for grandparents and grandkids to get together on Grandparents Day, or any other day, this year.
In fact, it\u2019s difficult to get together with anyone \u2014 just a sign of the times, I guess.
Reminds me of a Carole King song that was popular about the time we got married\u2026 I don\u2019t remember all the words, but it went something like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doesn\u2019t anybody stay in one place anymore?
It would be so find to see your face at my door
It doesn\u2019t help to know you\u2019re just time away
Long ago I reached for you and there you stood
Holding you again could only do me good
Oh how I wish I could but you\u2019re so far away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We miss seeing our grandkids, and our friends \u2014 they all seem so far away. Maybe not physically, but we\u2019re certainly virtually separated. Sigh\u2026.
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This month is, obviously, October. There are a few traditional things we acknowledge and participate in every October, like Ten-Ten Day, Columbus Day, Halloween, etc. The past two or three years, we\u2019ve also had another activity that we looked forward … Continue reading