Dear CCI Friends,
March 5 to 15 was to be downtime with my four adult kids, spouses and the youngest five grandchildren in Bend, Oregon. I flew from a near-empty SFO to Portland on a helicopter-type of small plane, then to Bend on a compact, two-engine plane … apparently due to few passengers.
Arriving in Bend at my youngest son’s home (two sets of twins, ages 8 and 3 years), I found him exhausted with the flu. The older twins brought it home from school, 3 year olds next, parents next… I was last to get a mild version. Meanwhile, the coronavirus was being followed on all the networks. Despite it all, visiting and cooking with my kids and grandkids was healing and wonderful.
As for COVID – 19, it’s tragic to learn about those fighting for life on respirators, health care workers exposed to the coronavirus everyday, and the loss of income for millions of young people and families struggling to survive even before this contagion interrupted our lives.