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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

“Local grandparents” was the phrase of the week for me. I heard it everywhere and it reminded me of a deep sadness of missing my grandkids. CDC guidance for vaccinated persons and what they can do were continuously illustrated by saying that vaccinated local grandparents could now visit their children and grandchildren safely. I’m not yet vaccinated, being a youngish grandparent still, and my grandchildren and their parents are not local but very far away. I’m glad for those families and yet also very sad for my own situation. There is light at the end of the tunnel but we are still in the pandemic tunnel at my house...