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My nine-year-old grandson understands what the Coronavirus Pandemic is, where it started and how it has affected his world.  Recently when we had our Zoom visit, he said that most of the people dying from the virus are older people. I remembered once when he asked me if his Papa and I were old. So, I thought I’d find a way to assure him that we are OK.

“I’m writing a story on how light helps us to see better in the dark,” I told him. “Are you afraid of the dark?”

“Sometimes, when I think I see something scary in the dark,” he said.

“What do you do when you think you see scary things in the dark,” I asked him. “I turn the light on,” he said.

“Sometimes what we don’t know can be scary, too, I explained.  That is why it is important to ask questions.”

And then I explained to him that most of the older people getting the coronavirus were already very sick and most of them survived.

“Papa and  I are not sick.  We are well, and doing all the things we need to do to be safe.” I could see a change in his face, kind of like a light that w...