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Imagine you’re talking to a couple of high school students in 2050. They ask, “How did the pandemic change the world as you knew it?” How do you think you would answer?

The pandemic changed the world in many ways, In the case of our family , The pandemic made possible for the first time ever to have family parties where all members living in very different countries, were able to attend. We couldn't accomplish that not even for our wedding, but thanks to zoom the internet and the millennials …we kept a regular year of family parties that were very enjoyable during 2020. We stopped them during 2021, but I heard yesterday from a niece that she missed those parties enormously. During the parties we talked about -the family tree I had been working on for years and years -my son cooked live a Coq au vin in DC and Marisol in Bogota followed the recipe and both displayed their creations - we sang happy birthday in many different languages -we also celebrated the master’s graduation of our daughter - we also had a Christmas party- son prepared live-Mulled wine-I had bought cakes that I sent to several of the cousins in Colombia and in the USA and we toasted and eat them “together” - that was part of a Novena which is a traditional party of praying singing and traditional food eating