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Fully vaxxed, we put pandemic in rearview mirror with road trips to Florida, Virginia
Fewer crowds congregated at Newton Park Beach in Fort Myers Beach, Fla.
Courtesy of Katherine Rodeghier
 
Posted4/11/2021 7:40 AM
It was the moment I had been waiting for. Fully vaccinated, I set out on a long journey, timing my visit to pick him up at school on his 7th birthday. And there he stood, waiting along the curb clutching balloons from a classroom party. He looked so much older, so tall, as he climbed into his car seat.
Hi, Grandma.
 
That sweet smile, and later those long-awaited hugs from him and his little brother at my daughter s house, made the 13-hour drive from suburban Chicago to Virginia worthwhile. So was my next drive to see family and friends wrapping up winter in Florida. ....

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