Monday, May 24, 2021
2021-05-24 Partial return to "Normal"
2:37 PM | 
Posted by
Gabby Faye |
2020 and 2021 were years like no other. The girls had school only on occasion as the governor of Michigan tried to figure out how to keep her constituents safe.
Carrie and the girls came down for Christmas, arriving Christmas Day. Roman's daughter was glad for the company, too. She and Carrie have always been close.
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| It was good to have family around, even if the time was too short. |
Most of the days the girls were here they spent outdoors trying to get a tan, or even a burn, before returning to Michigan.
All too soon they were on a plane to return to the reality of COVID-locked Michigan.
As a class officer, Abby had privileges. Here she is reading and discussing a book with her class.
This was a class officers' visit to a local church.
Abby is with her basketball team.
Late in April there was a snowstorm back home. and Andy built a snowman for those of us still in Florida.
This was how best friends had to interact. Abby and Samantha hadn't seen each other for weeks, both having school online, only.
Graduation from St. Pius has always been a big affair...class trip, torch & ribbon ceremony, Confirmation, graduation and the "all night" party. This year there was none of it. The students rode in cars past a line of teachers saying good bye.
As we were leaving Florida, the state troopers were funneling all of the cars coming INTO the state through a welcome center. They were ordering all out-of-state people to quarantine for two weeks. We wondered how they were enforcing that order.
Finally, Abby's school figured out how to have as sort-of-graduation, with only 2 people attending for each graduate and live streaming the evening on You-Tube. Abby gave the invocation and Gabby was official photographer.
Meanwhile, this was how Gabby had to dress for work at the local Dairy Queen.
Our "outings" were confined to backyard barbecues with our kids.
Gabby now was working at a veterinary hospital and loving finally getting into her chosen field of study in college.
Gabby is still pursuing her other chosen field of Photography. She invited the football team and parents to a special photo-shoot. She will be shooting the games again this year...if there ARE any.
The class of 2020 missed classes, sports, and dances. Even the 2020 Prom and graduation ceremony were cancelled.
2021 was even worse!
June 5 - 2020 - New Ground
2020 started with Carrie and the girls flying down for 4 days, January 1 through 4.
Tiffany and Carrie
Taken by Gabby
Taken by Gabby
Gabby
Abby
Gabby's kitten
Gabby has become quite the photographer. 2018 she took photos at the football games and, since her dad was one of the coaches no one stopped her from being on the field. 2019 her dad moved to coaching at another high school but she was still more than welcome on the field. The cheerleaders and the "mosh pit" demanded to be included in photos. She also took some for Gabriel Richard high school and the JV teams. She also took portraits and graduation photos of some friends and families. To say "Grandma" is proud of her accomplishments is an understatement. Many of her photos appear in the 2019-2020 high school yearbook.
After weeks and weeks of isolation in the house Abby's friend's mother drove her over for a visit in the fresh air keeping social distancing. Tough for two girls who have been inseparable for most of their school years.
For Abby's birthday in April, it was a gloomy day UNTIL late PM she was called out of the house as her sister led a parade of her friends and classmates past her house, many with gifts and cards. They had been successful in keeping it all a secret and she was, indeed, surprised.
This was Abby's "Senior" year at St. Pius school (Grade 8). She was Captain of Volleyball and Basketball teams as well as Class President. She and her classmates have looked forward to this year since Kindergarten. There was to have been the 4-day class trip to Nashville, Confirmation Ceremony, Torch and Ribbon Ceremony, Graduation, and to top it off, a huge all-night party catered and arranged by the parents. From there the classmates scatter to other schools for 9th grade. Most will never see each other again. Well, NONE OF IT HAPPENED. Thanks to the COVID-19 shutdown all schools were closed in Michigan (and many other states).
Each graduating student had signs for their front yards Still not exactly making up for the lockdown.
As things loosen up a little the local Gibraltar Dairy Queen opened the pick-up window, only. Gabby had already been employed there before everything was shut down due to the virus. This was how she had to report for work.
And so it goes.
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