Just our little Bubble for Christmas this year.
(per COVID)
Ole Jed, Massey and me...along with Ziggy of course. TJ stayed in Charlotte with his girls, Zach stayed in Newnan with the Cowetians, and my sister stayed home with her husband in Senoia. Her two boys didn't visit her house with their wives either.
My brother wandered down the street with his pup, Robin for a bit and had an early dinner with us. He's also Massey's boss, so she's around him every day at work so he's pretty much in our Bubble by proxy. He's the most diligent dude about cleanliness you'll ever meet and only goes from home to work except for necessities. None of us venture out much if we don't have to.
It's best to not tempt fate when you come from a family of people who tend to take the express checkout when their time comes.
I had TV trays set up for Tim and Chris in the living room so they could watch sports on TV, one at each sofa. Massey and I ate at the table in the breakfast room by the fireplace.
Everyone distanced apart but still within lookin' & hollerin' range.
It's the new normal. How sad it that?
(especially when you like your family)
What's NOT to like about this band of misfits?!
How incredible is it to be from a family like this?
Then we had a zoom visit with my sister (thanks for arranging, Cin) and her husband (in Senoia) his son and fiancé (in Los Angeles) along with my nephews' (one in East Point and the other in Newnan). That's as big as our celebration got. TJ and Zach couldn't join in, but it gave both the dogs more face time so we'll call it a win for the pups.
Still felt like a bittersweet bummer for the rest of us.
What a crazy year it has turned out to be.
I don't think this country could be more divided or hateful towards others if they tried...and I don't just mean politics.
We've let a pandemic divide us...when pulling together is the only way to survive it.
Over 329,000 Americans have died from COVID this year, and we have one more day to go.
Don't bluster all up and spout off to me about the inflated numbers of deaths. Unless the numbers are inflated by over 329,000...this is the real deal, and so far from a hoax that it's not even funny.
If you worry more about a dollar than you worry about saving one single person?
You aren't Pro Life.
We can make money back, but we can't bring loved ones back.
I beg every single person reading this post to do JUST one thing when leaving their house.
Wear a mask.
Every. Time.
If we would just do the easy stuff, we could make it through the hard stuff.
We're better than this, aren't we?
Till next time and (hopefully) next year...
COTTON
