This blog is supposed to be about our adventures in Morocco, but that whole experience seems very far away right now. We said farewell to our north African home in mid-June and two months later we have no idea when we will be reunited with our Moroccan friends and our home there. COVID-19 has thrown the world's travel plans into a state of utter chaos with no end in sight. We miss you Morocco and look forward to being reunited someday!
A few weeks after our return to California, we had a reunion with our children and their families. We spent a joyous two weeks in the mountains - it was heaven!
We've never been able to spend this much time with the entire family and it was such a blessing to be together. The farewells were hard, but we look forward to being all together again someday!
On the final day of our reunion I got a call from my dear father telling me that he was ill. I soon after learned that someone he'd had limited contact with was also ill with COVID-like symptoms. Rob and I returned to our home (where my father lived also) and cared for him there, doing our best to avoid contagion without benefit of hazmat gear like they have in hospitals. He ultimately tested positive for COVID. As his condition deteriorated in the second week of his illness and spent several days in the hospital, he made the decision to discontinue treatment and return home to die. It was a blessing for Rob and I to have him home for his final hours. He was grateful and positive until the very end. I know he had a sweet reunion with loved ones in heaven when he departed this earth. Farewell dad - I know we will be together again some day.
With COVID, it's all theoretical - until it isn't. I'm so tired of people arguing about wearing a mask. Our lives will never be the same. Rob and I got our COVID test results today. I am negative and he is positive after being symptomatic for a week already. We don't know what's ahead for him. The past three weeks have been surreal and heartbreaking. Please - wear a mask and keep us in your prayers.
Love, Sue
