It was just pure joy : Charlotte family reunites after getting COVID-19 vaccine Hannah Smoot, The Charlotte Observer
Apr. 12 Shirley Hoffmann met her youngest great-granddaughter for just the second time on Monday in Charlotte.
It hasn t been distance keeping her away from her family. Hoffmann, 87, lives near Asheville in Arden, just two hours west of Charlotte. I told my family, I can t take a chance of getting this (virus), because then I will become a burden on you, Hoffmann said.
Hoffmann s husband died 31 years ago, she said. She lives alone in Ardenwoods Retirement Community with her dog.
But on Monday, she reunited with her son Scott, and his daughter s family, including two of Hoffmann s great-grandaughters: 2-year-old Gracie and 7-month-old Margot, because she has been vaccinated.