"Daddy, What are You Doing to Stay Safe?"

A Note from the Grocery Store

I work a variety of shifts at TJ’s, but my most common lately has been 6AM-2PM.  My daughter, not quite 12, tracks my schedule assiduously.  On the mornings I’m in the store, she sends me encouraging or funny little texts when she wakes up, which is rarely before 7:30.

Sunday morning, a message comes in at 6:47: “Daddy, what are you doing to stay safe i…