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Day 1:Covid Birthdays Find a Way

WDC Birthday Bash Blog

Day One: A PANDEMIC- AL BIRTHDAY

No cards sent
No presents wrapped in fancy paper
No candle lit dinners at fancy restaurants
Or birthday cakes made with a delicate pastry chef's skill
No parties as life milestones are crossed

But there is always love and good wishes.

Songs sung across Zoom screens are laughable as we try to get ourselves in sync - without anyone cutting --
         -- out or being dropped ---
                              - with a bad connection,
Some even see family from far away countries that would never have been able to make it.

Drive byes have a whole new connotation -
As people sit outside in lawn chairs,
Numbered balloons tied to the back,
bobbing in the breeze as horns blast and people call out Birthday wishes and wave
Complete strangers get caught in the convoy
And instead of stewing and snarling at their plight,
They join in and ring out greetings with smiles
Of pleasure at being part of something... anything.
Anything is better than sitting home alone.

Others, who do venture close, send smiles set back at a safe distance
Hidden under wraps and masks

Some birthday celebrations even make the news - a glimmer of goodness within the onslaught of Covid stats.

We have all learned to find the good within this darkness.
The sliver lining through the densely packed clouds
The smile behind the mask
Humanity will always find a way to connect.

Happy 21st Birthday WDC!

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Lines = 27.