INDIANAPOLIS -- In a COVID world, celebrations are rare. They are mostly absent, disappearing in the abyss of pandemic-related restrictions and precautions that, while understandable and necessary, are frustratingly oppressive.
America is a social place, maybe the most social place on Earth. We party and dance. We sing and shout. We hug and kiss. We celebrate like no other.
For so many days, weeks and months, we haven’t been us. In many ways, we couldn’t be us. We sacrificed fun for lives, rightfully so. We’ve put aside our privileged social experiences for the good of our neighbors (even though, let’s be honest, we didn’t do it near well enough).