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In some ways it is easier to stay in touch during the pandemic because no one is expecting you to travel or meet them for any kind of event. Much of what I was doing shifted from in person to Zoom and for that I am grateful. The work with ACTION kept going full steam because it was election time and there were candidates to interview and hold accountability sessions with. I was able to get to know a couple of political people a bit better by being part of this. I could be active and not feel a need to go to city council meetings. I could still have my voice heard. Now I am keeping up as best I can with the legislative session that is going on in Oklahoma City. I have done a better job of connecting with an aunt who has really been confined due to health and age. We agree on politics so we have good conversations. I have been able to stay in touch with one brother, and I now have to navigate carefully due to our really different way of perceiving current events. We have been clear that we love each other so I feel better about that than I did for a while. Right after the election, I didn't call for a while. My other brother has moved to Texas and has reached out after no contact for 5 to 6 years. We haven't talked, but texted a couple of times. I have hesitated, in part, because I am still leery about what happened before and because of the terrible weather, power outages, etc., in Texas in the last week or so. My daughter and I have been able to connect regularly with a couple of glitches lately, due to her possible exposure to COVID and then the weather. No COVID and now the weather is better so we can get back to a more regular schedule. We usually eat together once every week or so and she has taken to staying longer when she comes here. She is in a better situation as far as housing goes, so things are improved from some times in the past. We are at six months for Leroy working and almost 6 years into marriage. It has been a year of adjustments and we have made it through. Hopefully we can continue to get closer and stay on the same page. We have such different experiences and backgrounds, but the love is definitely there. --Carolyn
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