This is the 17th post in a series of 20 highlights from the Acrobatics during the crisis, Analyst Cam, Burning Platform and other series I ran last year.
In many ways, this is the most memorable highlight.
Margaret and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary last year. Importantly, I got to spend 360 days with her. In none of the other 30 years, I approached even 250 days given my frequent travel.
She continued to work in her psychiatric role, though I am glad she reduced her hours. I was blown away with her bravery. Her trips to the clinic and the surveillance she got from her medical colleagues about the COVID virus gave us all more courage to not stay cooped up. It allowed us to navigate cautiously and ignore much of media which created so much anxiety.
Her art of the day trip allowed us to take many one gas tank trips. That gave me fodder to launch the West Coast on the East Coast series. It also allowed me to get on a streak of 10K steps a day.
The time at home also allowed me to appreciate the museum and botanical garden she has created. At every turn, we have collectibles and flora from around the world. And they keep evolving. I have mostly been using the library for all the videos I have been recording. I should be using all the other natural backgrounds she provides. Fortunately we have used them as "restaurants' for our meals together.
She has been a wonderful mother having home schooled the kids when they were young and counseling them along the way. She helped Rita launch her coaching business this year, and played games with Tommy in Colorado on Zoom. We are foster parents to a neighbor's beagle, Sophie and to another neighbor's cat, Shadow, and we saw plenty of both of them at our place this year.
The travel restrictions and lockdowns in 2020 definitely had a silver lining. I had a chance to spend more time with Margaret and made me appreciate what a rock she truly is. How could I not include that in my highlights for 2020?
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