My great-grandmother — we called her Granny — used to say this after every time she slowly climbed the stairs to her family flat walkup and made it safely back home.
I always thought it was funny for her to say it.
But now that I’m older, I totally feel what she was feeling.
Anything can happen to keep you from making it back home.
Death. An accident. And in this day and age, the Covid pandemic.
So when you make it back home, safe and sound, you should be grateful.
And, Fam, after a little over a month away caring for my mom, I am.
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