I do not believe that I have avoided strengthening any of these bonds or building new ones. The pandemic has limited my access to others. I have reached out to people by phone, zoom and email. I will have to give some thought about ways to reach out to the global community and people whom I do not know.

I have worked hard to make more frequent and deeper contacts with friends, family and members of my TBE community and by greeting people in my neighborhood as I walk.