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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMy youngest son's 21st birthday is today. I guess he'll always remember it.
I feel for him. He's working his ass off on his classes, far more difficult when on line, away from his beloved girlfriend, whose mother is a health worker on the front line treating Covid patients and in lockdown with his family, all of us working on line.
I trust he will live to be an old man and tell this story, and that in time, find something to laugh about it all, and remember his father's stupid jokes, as I remember my father's stupid jokes.
We bought him a big bottle of Corona beer by which to remember this day.
If nothing else, in these times we can really feel our love, and it's important to remember that, above all.
DFW
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NNadir
(33,538 posts)DFW
(54,428 posts)We have to lighten up when, and as best we can
NNadir
(33,538 posts)I hope they don't kill me.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)MaryMagdaline
(6,856 posts)Tough birthdays for all. Happy 21st to your son!!
FM123
(10,054 posts)And one to you too!
NNadir
(33,538 posts)I often think though of the time I was on a very long business trip, about three weeks away, when he was two years old and my wife kept telling him...
"Daddy's coming home tonight."
It was one of those awful trips, coming out of Europe, delayed flight, and I ended up getting in something like two in the morning.
There he was, sitting up in the darkness, and I picked him up and he hugged me in such a way that it went right through me. It was one of those moments that never leave you.
I was against having a second child, but my wife talked me into it. Being a man, I finally relented, quoting Shakespeare to myself, "there was much merriment in the making."
As for the result: She was right and I was wrong. All three of us, my wife, my oldest son and myself have been totally enriched by him. He's filled our lives with joy.
FM123
(10,054 posts)Thank you for sharing that sweet story with us, you brightened my day!
MissB
(15,811 posts)My youngest turns the same in a couple of months. Even if things turn around, I think Corona beer is a good one!
Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)He is quite philosophical about it. They are resilient, these kids. You're right, he'll never forget his twenty-first birthday.
NNadir
(33,538 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)Lost my wife last fall and it's been very difficult for all of us, then bam! here comes coronavirus with son (35YO) in college, daughter (40YO) teaching grade school and granddaughter in 5th grade, and I'm still up to my ears in paperwork. I'm happy to report we're taking it all in stride although it's depressing to see all the pain and suffering around the globe each day. We're lucky I suppose to be a family of stoics and also all Democrats!
Anyway, this damn thing could easily get me at 72 but I have a few things to take joy in: the son got straight A's last quarter even though he had to take finals on-line and starts a new quarter this week. My daughter's public school is transitioning to on-line classes so they can complete the school year. Her family across town is taking the virus very seriously. Spring has sprung here and everything's blooming.
We're all talking more than ever even though as you said - no hugs and kisses for a while. I don't do social media but the phone has become our best friend.
Peeking out the window yesterday, I told him: "See son, the birds and chipmunks are having a blast without a care in the world and the pretty daffodils don't seem to know about coronavirus either". He chuckled.
I think we're all going to benefit from re-learning to love and enjoy a great many more of the little things.
KY......