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Letter: Four Corners residents, staff and families: You are not alone
Durango, Colorado Currently Sun
Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020 11:18 AM Updated: Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020 4:09 PM
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This morning, like I do several mornings a week, I dropped my 2-year-old off at her day care next to Four Corners Health Care Center. Most of the blinds were shuttered, and I could hardly imagine the fear and loneliness unfolding behind them as a COVID-19 outbreak spreads through the nursing home.
In non-COVID-19 times, the toddlers at The Growing Place regularly visited the “grandmas and grandpas” next door. Now, when I drop my daughter off or pick her up, I often see people standing at the windows of the nursing home, bundled up against the cold, trying to communicate through the glass to their loved ones inside. It’s utterly heartbreaking to think of what these families a