Alma offers to take Liberty for a walk in her stroller with McGee on his leash, while I am on my weekly video call with my girls in Athens. I love that Alma’s puppy calmly walks near Libby’s stroller. On our first few walks in April, it took both of us to handle the stroller and Alma’s ten-month-old, male, mini-chocolate Labradoodle. Among the hundreds of things, she’s taught me this year is how to successfully train her puppy McGee.

Promptly at 7:00 p.m. Salem’s FaceTime ...