I wish I could share your feelings. I don’t feel like the emergence is normal at all. I feel like I’ve forgotten whatever social skills I ever had–this in spite of enjoying two lovely gatherings with friends over the past week-end. My family was not impacted by the pandemic in any catastrophic ways–no one got sick, no one’s work was disrupted in major ways.

We were the most upset about two five-year-old grandchildren starting kindergarten this past year and having pandemic-style hybrid education be their first experience. It was tough, especially for one of them. Now as the school year ends, though, they seem to be coming through very well. I hope I will recover as well very soon.