The Breakdown

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That photograph above was taken exactly one year ago yesterday. We were so happy.

We had gone out to dinner to celebrate our anniversary in one of our most beloved neighborhoods in Dallas, dining at one of our favorite restaurants. It was during a brief lull in the Covid outbreak when cases were at a reported low, which we had been so cautious to avoid since March 2020. We were taking a calculated risk but decided to go for it — and I’m…