Italy has been on my shortlist of places to since my return from Europe in 2016.
Not in 2017, my daughter-in-law was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer a few months after giving birth to her first child.
Not in 2018, she was still fighting and I was caring for her and her baby.
Not in 2019, she was still fighting and I was caring for her and her toddler.
She died in late 2019.
A change of scenery
Early in 2020 I decided taking the trip would be a healing experience.
I would travel and deal with grief from a distance.
Then came the corona virus, unsettling and scary with no end in sight.
What now
I refuse to be beaten.
I am going to make tentative plans for late 2020 and see what works out.
I am going to live everyday with guarded optimism.
Afterall, life is often not what we planned.
Lori Greer in Portland 
I do hope you get to visit Italy later this year.
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Hopefully Lori it will be Italy’s summer months soon and the flu virus will be much more dormant, especially towards the end of their summer…is that July???
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Hi Mark, I hope so too! I would love to see the sights and enjoy the food. More importantly, I would like to support their economy and show them some support.
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I hope that by later in the year most things will be back to normal.
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Yes, I hope so too. I would hate to also miss my annual pilgrimage to British Columbia. I am planning to spend more time in Vancouver on the return trip from Whistler. Stay safe! Hugs, Lori
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And our trip to Montana in the fall…. Who knows how these things will go with the borders closed … for how long no one knows.
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You’ll get there, in time. Meanwhile, stay safe!
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Thank you Peter. You stay safe too!
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How true life is not what we may have planned. I thank God that although we don’t see it. (YET) He does have an ultimate HIGHER PLAN than anything we may have been pushing towards.
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Yes, I agree.
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Life is definitely out of our rule. We have a trip purchased in September to Oxford. We are hoping for the best but ready for the worst. 🙂
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I certainly hope you can make your trip. Keeping my fingers crossed. Hugs, Lori
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