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The weekend of March 13-15 we were to be in Greensboro, NC watching the ACC basketball tournament and enjoying extended family from near and far.
But Monday and Tuesday that week were odd. The U.S. was becoming exponentially more concerned about the spread of the novel Corona virus. On Monday, there was talk of potentially holding basketball tournaments without fans, to reduce the number of people being around each other.
On Tuesday, it was first mentioned that various tournaments may not occur at all. What?!? But how would the NCAA...???
Wednesday, more scenarios would fly.
After several positive Covid-19 tests in the NBA and other sports, the entire sports world seemed to collapse.
All NCAA basketball tournaments cancelled.
March Madness cancelled.
All pro-sports suspended indefinitely.
The Kentucky Derby postponed 6 months.
The Masters-not happening.
It was if the devil had personally kicked the first domino.
Andrew's 12th birthday was Thursday, the 12th. He was on a field trip with selected science students and was to get back to school at 2:00, before 4:05 dismissal. Duke was to play their first game at 2:30, so I agreed to pick him up early to come home and watch. Not a fun call to make to school for the birthday boy, "I'm not going to pick you up because there's no Duke game to watch because the entire thing is no longer happening:-("
All of that is to say, with no trip to Greensboro happening, we decided to jump up to visit Dody and Granddaddy overnight. (And since I'm always behind, I can now say how grateful we are that we saw them then.)
Look what Dody noticed about the 12-yr-old!
(Note their different reactions to this reality:-)
Dody was thoughtful enough to get Andrew a cake on short notice.
Andrew wanted to go to dinner and an arcade with friends to celebrate, which were to do the following weekend. But since no longer going to NC, I thought we should move it up a week, praying the boys were all still available. "What if next weekend restaurants are closed? I know it's crazy to consider, but let's reschedule ASAP.". So with 24 hours notice, we rescheduled the party...and, again, thank goodness we did.
We had Firefly to ourselves with the staff wiping down machines and tables constantly. Silver lining - no waiting in line? Food came quickly?
Happy birthday, young man!
Happy birthday, young man! Dad's still got you...for now, anyway!
The child's best friend...snuggles with both girls every night:-)
"Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,
the fruit of the womb a reward."
the fruit of the womb a reward."
Psalm 127:3
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