It was an ordinary day. Christmas Day and my wife, Carol, and I were extremely disappointed. For the first time in many, many years we will not be able to open our Christmas gifts with our family. My oldest son and his wife and our teenaged grandson Caden always had us over for breakfast Christmas morning and to watch as they opened their presents. Later they would arrive at our house so we could exchange presents with them. By that time our other son would have arrived as well as our daughter, son-in-law and their two daughters. The family would have been complete and we would have had a grand time opening Christmas presents. But, none of that ever happened. Seems our grandson had a fever of 105 degrees and had come down with COVID-19. Luckily all three of them had been vaccinated and our dughter-in-law had also had her booster. It was determined that Caden had picked up the virus from friends when they all attended a high school basketball game together about a week before. As for the rest of our family. Our daughter had come down with COVID-19 about two weeks before Christmas. Her family all had their vaccinations as soon as they were available and she too also had her booster. Her case was a very mild case and by Christmas Day we decided she would be able to visit and exchange gifts with the family. They all arrived on Christmas Day in time to open gifts. Our youngest son also was vaccinated and he arrived about the same time as our daughter and family. We had the best time we could of had being that three of the family was missing due to COVID-19. After our Christmas meal everyone gathered their gifts and departed for home while Carol and I cleaned up and settled by the Christmas tree to talk about our day. By the next day our son, Caden's dad, had come down with COVID-19 and a day after that our daughter-in-law had also picked up the virus from our grandson. My wife and I have been extra careful throughout this entire ordeal to try and make sure we take all precautions so as not to get the virus. We wear masks everywhere we go and take every precaution we can possible take to avoid the virus. We have both had our two initial shots as well as had our booster as soon as that was available. Both my wife and myself have been through many years when the flu was bad and we were able to avoid it by getting vaccinations each and every year. Why people don't take advantage of the vaccinations that our tremendously brilliant medical doctors in the United States recommend is beyond me. It is not only for their own good, but for the good of those who live in their towns, cities and neighborhoods. How selfish can you be not to receive a lifesaving vaccination if it is available to you. The COVID-19 virus will one day disappear, but I'm sure that something new will come along to take it's place and once again the professionals will come up with another vaccine to help protect our world's population. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
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