Mother’s Day 2020 wasn’t the best this year due to the global pandemic.  Who could have envisioned that, right (Bill Gates did and a few others)? Thankfully you all came over and we saw you up close and personal. Grammy loved her presents which included a beautiful sign with the names of all her grandchildren; Ainsley-baked cookies; creative artwork had and beautiful flowers.

Look at these photos… instead of hanging out, eating yummy food and having fun together, we stood the whole time and social distanced.  Despite this, it was the absolute highlight of our day.

Grammy and I challenged the COVID-19 gods and snuck (is snuck a word?) hugs from each of you.  Not a full bodied hug, but a hug nonetheless. That was Grammy’s real Mother’s Day gift. We loved it.

It’s an emotional time. Grammy and I find ourselves on the edge of tears when we think about you, our family, the center of our lives. We’ve seen you once a week in person  during this crisis, it didn’t stop us; that’s kept us sane.  While it could be a heck of a lot worse (see April blog), we miss having you in our lives in a n-o-r-m-a-l way.  Summer awaits and we’re all hopeful the gradual re-opening of NH and the world will return more normalcy into all of our lives. We can do this!