By Joseph Hamrick
Herald-Banner Columnist Jul 25, 2021
Jesse and I went to Michigan last week to visit her side of the family.
We had planned to visit earlier. Bought plane tickets and had a rental car all lined up. That was February of 2020. Then March happened. Michigan, along with most the rest of the world, shut down. So, we waited.
Thankfully, things began opening back up recently and we were able to make the trip up. It was my first time to visit her side of the family, so naturally I was a bit nervous. They had seen our wedding photos and Jesse and I had called and chatted with some of her aunts and uncles, cousins, and Grandma Shall. But phone calls are much different from hugs and handshakes.