No one in our immediate family has been sick.  We’ve all been very cautious.  We wear masks in public, we clean our hands frequently, and we maintain distance.  It’s worked well for us.

All our adults have been fully vaccinated.  Now Damion asks me weekly if there’s a vaccine for kids yet.  

Damion and Elaina have been doing the Hybrid version of school.  They had all online classes for several months.  Then they did two days in-person and 3 days online.  Finally they have done 4 days a week for the past couple of months.  School will be out for them on the 20th.  Hopefully, they will be back to normal by the time school starts again.  It’s been a stressful year.  They spend most days at my house while their mother works, so I was their instructor for much of it.  I don’t feel like they’ve fallen behind.  Their grades are good.  Damion is doing the state tests this week, so, I guess we’ll see how that goes.

Tracy’s kids (Jayden, Journey, Jordan, and Jeremiah) have all been doing online the whole time.  Jeremiah has asthma and she was afraid of the possibility of someone bringing the infection home to him.  They have mostly been housebound all year. 

Xavier has also done all online.  He skips between his mom’s house and his dad’s.  Chrystal came down from Chicago this spring, once she felt like it was relatively safe to travel, and stayed with Chris.  She handled most of Xavier’s school and seems to think he’s been doing ok.

I’m not very familiar with the circumstances of the kids who live in other states, but they are all virus free so I guess they are doing ok. 

We did online church only for most of the year.  We’re back to Hybrid services now.  Two in-person services to keep our numbers within state guidelines, plus we’re still online (we actually have online services all the time anyway) and on the radio.  On Easter Sunday, we had an outdoor service and we hope to be able to do that again soon.

I can’t wrap my mind around how many people have died or the attitude of so many people who won’t wear masks and try to act like nothing out of the ordinary is going on.  I hope and pray that things will go back to some kind of normal….I am tired of wearing a mask, but I will persevere.