On a video call Sunday with Dr. Gregg DeNicola and his wife Nurse Mary, Nancy Silverton and i were ready to hear the words “Nancy, you are still positive.” After all, we has heard them twice before.

But, Nurse Mary threw the sweetest change up ever. ‘Open the red wine.”

We let out a yell and i was legally allowed to kiss her. Two weeks and six hours ago, Mary had informed us of the bad - somehow called “positive” - test. The past two weeks we have been in the house, distracted - and actually quite entertained by old movies; “The Verdict” with Paul Newman, “Barefoot In The Park” with Robert Redford and Jane Fonda, ,“Absence of Malice” with Paul Newman and Sally Field, “Sunday in New York” with Rod Taylor and Jane Fonda, “The Big Sleep” with Humphrey Bogart, “Farewell My Lovely” with Robert Mitchum. and three Doris Day movies and several more. And, thankfully. the Sundance Channel show “The Restaurant” which got us through the first most worrisome days.

Through every viewing. we were aware that Covid could come at any time. Yet, the only symptom Nancy had was even before the first test, a severe back pain that we originally blamed on Nancy standing up for 14 hours at Mozza for the Workers’ Relief Program. As the days past, our confidence grew. Then Dr. Gregg and Nurse Mary called

So now, the coast was clear for Nancy. To a huge degree, at least. She still has be, like everyone else, extremely cautious.

Yesterday, even before the good news. was a day Nancy over and over said “I’m so lucky” especially after hearing from our friend LAPD Robbery Homicide Det. Tim Marcia about the heart wrenching tale of another LAPD detective, David Lopez, who tested positive around the same time Nancy did, and likely passed it to his wife. She died Sunday. The couple had two kids, ages 12 and 10. “I’m so lucky”

So Nancy and I and family and friends are thrilled about her news, but we are not forgetting the sorrow of so many and how fortunate we are.