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When our offices closed, I moved to a 100% virtual law and mediation practice. As I built my Zoom skills I sometimes felt like Col. Mustard in a game of Clue trying to figure out: Who is with Miss Peacock in the Library? What is Miss Scarlett doing with a revolver? How did Professor Plum get into the Conservatory?
Flatten the Curve
“F latten the curve!”, the cry of March, 2020, along with “pandemic”, were shocking words for all of us. We had just come home from a wonderful meeting in Scottsdale with our FDCC Family, so isolating seemed somewhat doable. We
hunkered down, literally staying in our house for weeks. We lived in complete isolation while constantly checking the Coronavirus statistics, hoping to see the infection plateau and the light at the end of the tunnel. It was soon obvious that the light at the end of the tunnel was the headlamp of the “COVID-19 Express”. This runaway train was not slowing down and was horrifyingly picking up scores of passengers daily.
Our son, Henry, and his family lived just 3 miles away, but we stayed apart for fear of contracting the virus. Our two daughters, Anne Genevieve and Harriet and her family, were living in West Palm Beach, Florida, over 580 miles away. We could no longer travel to see them, which we had done monthly for the past ten years; therefore, we resorted to hours of family Facetimes and Zoom sessions to stay close. Almost all of our extended family lives in Greenville and we were used to seeing them often: at church, impromptu dinners and family gatherings. In addition, Carol Anne and I are the backup primary caregivers for her 89-year-old mother and my 97 year old
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H. MILLS AND CAROL ANNE GALLIVAN
Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A. Greenville, SC