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Talk about how the pandemic has affected your closest relationships.

Yesterday I emailed my ex husband of 40 years (divorced for 40 years) that meeting him was a lucky day for me and thanking him for being my friend for all the ups and downs (feuds and fusses) of these years (He will think I have been diagnosed with a terminal illness :) ) I have made sure lately to tell my closest friends and also the people who I have known throughout my life how glad I am to know them, how they have enriched my life. I have come to see (and I may not have done this without the enforced solitude and contemplation of COVID) how our lives are shaped by what might be considered the minor characters, that we are enriched, and protected by all the various people (not necessarily children, parents, lovers) that we meet, travel with throughout time.