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Our children live in three different states and we are hours away from each of them. This week our youngest son needed some medical supplies and we offered to drive them to him.

He was worried about our travel and being in contact with us because he is still working around a lot of people.

After a lot of conversation we finally decided to meet halfway because he knew if we drove to his city that I would need to see our grandchildren and like other grandparents right now, we are not doing that during this time of social distancing.

On the way down he called on the car phone to check our meeting point and while on the phone he talked about his feelings during this very difficult time, while I listened.

"You know, Dad, he said. As a pastor's family we learned to smile during difficult times so we could be of help and bring joy to others. "

"I think we learned to overcome our fears and not suppress the pain, but to fight it. As an adult, this has served me well because I can get through hard times."

His next sentence was a little harder to say because he was choked up with tears and he said, "But dad I can't hug you when we see each other to...