rgallabrese@heraldstaronline.com
Slowly, but surely, things all around are starting to get a little closer to what we remember as being normal.
And that’s encouraging, especially when you look back and think about how much we’ve gone through in the past year.
We’ve experienced stay-at-home orders, seen businesses and restaurants forced to operate on reduced hours or closed (some, sadly, permanently) and been kept from seeing friends and relatives.
Then there are all of the gatherings and events that had become staples in our lives that had to be canceled or, in some cases, shifted to a virtual format.