Welcome to 2021!

Happy New Year!  The year 2020 is finally a memory, and will be remembered by many as one of the strangest years ever.

Many will say it was the worst year ever. Many lives were lost due to the Coronovirus pandemic. It was a year of turmoil and uncertainty. People were torn apart..physically, politically, and racially.

Everybody had an opinion. “Wear a mask to protect yourself and others”, “Don’t wear a mask, it violates your rights”, “This virus is dangerous and deadly”, “This virus is nothing more than the flu”, etc, etc..

Normally sane people acted utterly ridiculous.

It was enough for me to want to start shaking sense into people.

Looking back over the past year, it wasn’t ALL bad for me.

My beloved KC Chiefs won the Superbowl.

We had a new grandbaby.

During my husband’s furlough from work, he got several home projects finished.

I got to spend quality time with my elderly dog while working from home for 3 months.

We were able to pay off one of our vehicles and several other small bills after winning $20,000 on a lottery scratch ticket.

My husband left his job of twenty years and is now working locally and home every evening ( although the 3 months unemployed was a struggle, and he took a significant pay cut to do this).

I learned to appreciate the fact that we don’t ALWAYS have to be running somewhere and doing something. Staying home isn’t all that bad.

What’s In Store For 2021?

Who knows? I know that the strike of midnight on January 1st didn’t automatically solve all of our problems. But, as in every new year, it brings a new hope and a chance for a new beginning.

I awoke yesterday morning to a bright clean layer of snow covering the ground, almost as a sign that it’s time to bury the past and start fresh.

Let’s try to do just that.