My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty.
She’s ninety-seven now, and we don’t know where the heck she is. – Ellen DeGeneres
As you might well expect, I am childless.
Still getting calls about my student loans a half century after graduation, didn’t think I could afford offspring.
And then there’s that rogue canine gene we never talk about, spring off they might do.
Literally.
Proudly childless – though I am finally willing to adopt – I do claim five grandchildren.
Not sure if they claim me.
Saw a couple of them, the youngest, maybe February 2020.
The trio way back May 2019.
My God, one of them has a moustache.
At least, it’s a boy.
The grandchildren are divided into north and south, older and younger.
We are headed north, where it is safer for grandparents.
To see the kids we haven’t seen the longer.
No coincidence, we are visiting the vaccinated grandchildren.
Happy Grandparents’ Day!!!
The only present your grandparents want is for you to get vaccinated.
Nag your parents, too.
And wear a mask at school.
And don’t kill grandma and grandpa.
Maybe a beer when you’re older.
Oh, one more gift.
Your undying love
for as long as we still got.
New infections remained concentrated among Florida’s youngest residents.
Nearly one-third of infections were among those under the age of 20.
The latest tally brings the total number of cases up to 3,409,165 since the pandemic’s first two cases in Florida were reported 18 months ago on March 1, 2020.
(RELATED: CDC finds unvaccinated 11 times more likely to die of COVID.)
The state added 2,443 deaths since the previous week’s report, setting the third consecutive record for the highest number of deaths reported in a single week since the start of the pandemic.
This brings the total statewide number of pandemic deaths to 48,772. The report indicates that 353 deaths occurred in the past seven days, but it can take officials up to two weeks to confirm and report a coronavirus-related death.
The Florida Department of Health announced in June that it would no longer release daily COVID-19 data. Instead, it is now releasing a weekly report every Friday — but it withholds information that was publicly available before.