Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

Now my daughter-in-law has been exposed to Covid in her fifth grade classroom. She has ashma, so we are all nervous. Every day there is a reminder that we are not out of the woods yet. I just finished calling my childhood best friend on her birthday. Her college roommate is visiting, which makes it so nice for her. They are preparing a big brunch right now, so I didn't talk long, but she was pleased with the book I sent her and sent a delightful photo of her holding it. As we've aged, and not had the incessant demands of motherhood and work pressuring us, we have become closer, and share our deeper feelings and provide support to each other. We had planned a trip to the northwest, possibly Vancouver, B.C., but of course all the planning has been put off because of the omicron variant. We have three family birthdays coming up in February, but whether any of us will see each other is another question. Uncertainty. Something Buddhists are supposed to get comfortable with, but really, do we ever?