TGI2021!

by carolynholm

Hey Mom,
Why were you and Dad up so late last night?
Winston

Dear Winston,
We were celebrating the New Year!
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
But it was a night like any other.
Winston

Dear Winston,
No, it wasn’t, sweetie. It truly wasn’t. It was the end of 2020.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
That’s why you both kept clinking your glasses together and saying thank god it’s 2021?
Winston

Dear Winston,
Yes! But you wouldn’t understand, sweetie, because 2020 is all you’ve ever known. It was not a normal year. It was a terrible year. And we’re glad it’s finally over.
Love, Carolyn 

Hey Mom,
Is that why the Outside People made a big racket?
Winston

Dear Winston,
That was fireworks. I’m glad none of you were frightened by that.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
Poppy said if you weren’t worried, there was nothing for us to worry about.
Winston

Dear Winston,
She has a good attitude. What did Puffin say?
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
He said there were predators outside, but fortunately they couldn’t break into our house. I told him they were just the Outside People. The ones who walk by, that we see from the window.
Winston

Dear Winston,
You were right. The Outside People aren’t predators, they are neighbors. One day you’ll meet them. One day we’ll actually have visitors again.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
You mean people who come all the way into our house????????
Winston

Dear Winston,
Yes, people who come into our house to talk and laugh and have dinner. It’s so weird that you’ve never known anything but Pandemic Stay-in-Place. You don’t know our family and friends. That is one of the things that was terrible about 2020. Missing friends and family, and all the worry about this dreadful disease. 
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
What else was wrong?
Winston

Dear Winston,
What else? Trust me, you don’t want to know. If I get started on that I’ll go on a major rant. But there was one thing that happened in 2020 that was wonderful. You were born in 2020 and we adopted you!
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
That’s why you were celebrating with champagne last night?
Winston

Dear Winston,
It was indeed. Happy New Year!!!!!
Love, Carolyn

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