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Consequences of the COVID

  
By:  Sparty On  •  Family  •  4 years ago  •  9 comments

Consequences of the COVID

Got to see my Father for the first time in over five months.    Through a screen and from a distance but we got to talk a little and he still has the Marine in him and managed to return the salute I gave him.

Love you Dad ..... Semper Fi!

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Buzz of the Orient
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1  Buzz of the Orient    4 years ago

I'm glad you got to experience something good during these bad times.

 
 
 
Sparty On
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1.1  author  Sparty On  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @1    4 years ago

Thanks Buzz, it sucks to be sure but it also helps put all the bickering going on in the world today into perspective.

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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3  Greg Jones    4 years ago

It's nice to see good news for a change.

 
 
 
1stwarrior
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4  1stwarrior    4 years ago

Tell your Dad - "Semper Fi" for me Sparty - and same to you.

 
 
 
Sparty On
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4.1  author  Sparty On  replied to  1stwarrior @4    4 years ago

Thanks brother, that means world.

Semper Fi

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
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4.1.1  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  Sparty On @4.1    4 years ago

Thank him for his service from me. (SFC Army-Ret)

 
 
 
Sparty On
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4.1.2  author  Sparty On  replied to  Paula Bartholomew @4.1.1    4 years ago

Will do and thx.

 
 
 
MsAubrey (aka Ahyoka)
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5  MsAubrey (aka Ahyoka)    4 years ago

Thanks to all of you that have served! 

I have to talk to my neighbors from a distance because they're up there in age; the eldest is 96 and the youngest is 72 I think.

My parents are still relatively "young" - in their 60's. My mom, dad and stepmom are very healthy, not on any regular meds, and I'm not too concerned about them, but my stepdad and in-laws, that's another story. My stepdad is 68, but had a quadruple bypass at 55, he recently had a vein replaced in his leg, which now is infected. He has COPD and still smokes. He is on 9 different regular meds and now on a very powerful antibiotic. My mother in-law is 77 and never has been in the best health, but last year had a couple cancerous tumors removed and had a partial mastectomy; she's on several regular meds. My father in-law is 80 and while mostly in good health [he had a short bout with bladder cancer and had to have his thyroid removed... the only med he's on is for his lack of thyroid], he's older than the rest of the aforementioned and needs to have his knee replacement adjusted, which means another surgery.

Those are the people I help out and they are the reason I am grateful to have a job in which I can work from home indefinitely if necessary. I can still see all of them because I don't go out in public; I order groceries online and do curbside pickup [which I've been doing for years anyway] and I don't have to really go anywhere else. I will have my teens run to the local "mom n pop" market for things once in a while, like for milk or bread and they always wear their masks and wash hands the moment they come into the house.