Offspring the Third let me know this morning that, due to the ever-worsening COVID situation in our home town, it's best that he not come home for Thanksgiving, but wait until winter break a few weeks later.
He's correct, and it's the smart thing to do. We'd already planned not to get together with extended family, because it's Not Safe. I confess that all the same, I felt a little pang, as if this decision was the final nail in the coffin that is Thanksgiving.
I have enjoyed the past few Thanksgivings, because they have been an opportunity to have my Important People all momentarily gathered together. Times are changing, though, and those days are past. Perhaps one day they'll come again, after the Pandemic.
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