A Tribute to Rhode Islanders

A Tribute to Rhode Islanders

Lenore Backman

English

Providence, RI

Before Covid19 we had at least one grandson every day after school pick up. They would stay, we would do homework, play and eat supper. We would drive them home after wash up, bath or shower ( depending on child and night). We call it “stay late night”. We miss it soo much. We now walk to one of their houses and stand outside on the lawn, their mom opens the window and we talk. We drive to our daughter’s house and we sit on the lawn there and the 3 boys sit in the open window. In both cases we all hug ourselves and send them as 6 ft. hugs to each other. I am 73 and my husband is 77 and since the dads are out “in public” we haven’t been closer than 6 ft. Our older son , who is single, comes on Sunday and sits at a table on the porch. We put snacks out and we sit at the open window and we enjoy each other’s company. I actually started writing this at the beginning of the month but added or changed it as I watched the Governor’s press conferences on tv.