atHOME MAGAZINE ISSUE 22 • SUMMER 2021
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I can’t even remember what I did last summer, can you? The events of the 2020 Summer of COVID prompted us to cancel an issue of atHome (the first time we’ve ever done that in the five years we have been publishing this magazine). I also vaguely remember doing some gardening, and reading many books, and eating a lot of ice cream. I know, for certain, that I did a lot of worrying about the state of the world. Everything seemed so uncertain last summer. We didn’t see our friends and family. And when we did, we didn’t hug, kiss or even get close to one another. We were masked. Smelled like hand sanitizer. And were rightfully fearful of what would happen next. Things are so different this summer: Many of us can go maskless, I’ve travelled to Florida to see my elderly mom and dad (my 89-yearold mom barely survived her own bout with COVID), and I have hugged my friends over and over again. True, we still don’t really know what will happen “next” in our lives and in the world. Everyday there is a new joy, a new sadness, a new surprise. But that is “life.” The pandemic, I believe, has made us all a little more grateful of what life brings. Yes, there are COVID variants, and hopefully the vaccines protect us against them. But, what is the use of worrying about all that “can” happen? We’d all be better off to follow the advice of the late Erma Bombeck and realize the futility of worrying: “Worry is like a rocking chair: It gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere.” Hoping you all have a great (worry-free) summer,
Marcia
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