I am grateful that you are still writing and sharing with all of us. Mostly I love that I can share little bits of your story with my daughter, Abbie (friend of Eleanor's from theater) Thank you for sharing your life with us still.

Yes, there did seem to be something different about this week. I have felt an eyelash away from tears all week, and sometimes let them come, all about sadness over everything. A friend posted a picture of each of her two little boys having a Saturday morning melt-down, one throwing himself down on the floor, the other in a ball on the sofa, both dissolved in tears. Homeschooling, too much togetherness, difficult new norms. Another friend posted looking for her three year old, finding him having shut himself in the backyard garden shed enjoying some ice cream all alone. Covid-19 is impossible for them to comprehend. Thank you for your beautiful words and thoughts and sharing the words and thoughts of others of our fellow humans. We truly are all in this together. I have a five year old great granddaughter fighting leukemia. I hold on to hope. Thank you for this beautifully written blog. (I knew Ann as a child and am a friend of Mary Snyder O'Dea.)

I have read this post very carefully, Brother Leonard... xxx to you and all Libera-Leonards

Wonderfully reflective and insightful. Calming and comforting, despite the angst.

Your anniversary plans reminded me of this video from 2013, when Real Kitchen “dressed up” as Alinea for Halloween. Still gives me a chuckle; hope it does the same for you. Congrats on marrying someone so smart - thinking of you two and Nick and Benchley and, always, of Nora. 💙 https://vimeo.com/77976339?utm_campaign=5370367&utm_source=affiliate&utm_channel=affiliate&cjevent=00d9c4d1867c11ea80d1015d0a240614

Never a Friday goes by that I don't look for your weekly post, grab a glass of wine and jump on my PC to read along and celebrate your journey. So thank you for that Kelly. But Wow. Just wow. There was something different about this week. You have articulated it better through your own pain, and Nora's absence. But it's in all of us. So perhaps your purpose in maintaining this blog is to remind us all of what we have. It's just important for you to know that we see you. And this is resonating with all of us. So thank you for sharing each week. I will be standing by next Friday with my glass of chardonnay. Happy Anniversary to you and Anne. You did good. And congrats to Nick.