Spring 2020 might prove to be the strangest 3-month period of you're entire lives. But if it's not, I cringe to think about what the future might hold.
As the year 2020 started, a new virus (COVID-19) slowly crept into our lives. One by one, major events started getting cancelled, including March Madness, which is my personal 3-week holiday every year. In the middle of all that, school got postponed. First it was 3 weeks. Then it was extended to 2 months, and before we knew it: the rest of the year was cancelled.
The effects of COVID-19 went well beyond school, though. Logan, your entire spring soccer season was cancelled- right along with Leah's horse lessons. 'Social Distancing' became a thing where every person on the entire planet was advised to stay 6 feet away from other people at all times. Restaurants went to take-out only, and the whole world was wearing masks. All live sports on TV simply went away.
The second school was cancelled was the moment that I (Dad) instantly became a stay-at-home home-schooling teacher. Not to mention the fact that I had to play teacher while figuring out to work from home. Let the fun begin!
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| Last Day of COVID-19 School May 27, 2020 |
The official school year ended in May the same way COVID-19 started: at home. So we did a school year photo-op and remained hopeful for a normal start of school this fall.
Looking back, I honestly consider the time invaluble. Several weeks of being an 'at-home' dad with the both of you...all the while, us trying to figure out the 'new' or 'temporary' world. That may never happen again. We learned new things...we ate a ton of take-out and delivery food. We played chess. We challenged each other in math. We watched Tik-Tok. We watched You-Tube. We watched Netflix. We did tons and tons of video calls. We stayed up way too late and slept in way too much. Not all terrible things...and better yet: We survived!
Love you both! Maybe we'll have a normal(ish) summer!
Dad
6/1/2020
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