I absolutely agree, and we're doing the same thing. We make sure that the things that we do are safe, that while I'm there I'm thinking, "If I catch Covid-19 from this, it will be some kind of miracle, because I am so far away from another living person and everything has been so sanitized, it's insane."

My kids' schools have been absolutely meticulous about getting them back safely, and it was so wonderful for me as a parent to hear them bubbling over with stories about that funny thing their friend said or how their science teacher lit the lab table on fire (to sanitize it, LOL!). Of course, now we're back to 100% virtual again, but I don't regret those 4 days they were able to attend in person.

But unlike you, I do post about these things on social media. I post about the hikes we take, and I posted about the outdoor symphony concert where every family had their own "pod," and about our trip to the beach where we were at least 20-30 feet away from any other beachgoer, and our trip to visit my parents where we rented an AirBnB for the night rather than staying with them, and we sat outside with them on their back porch, about 10 feet away from them with masks on while we socialized for the first time in 6 months.

In every instance, I make sure to highlight what we're doing to stay safe, not just to assuage the critics, but also to give hope to the fearful, to show them how it can be done safely.

To me it's about showing that we CAN do this. It's not an all-or-nothing proposition. There is a space between reckless abandon and living in terror, and I think if more people got comfortable in that middle ground, the country wouldn't be in the state it's in right now.