2020 was quite the year. (This will be a very loose interpretation). It started out with Australia having part of it on fire. We thought we were heading into a third world war. The end of January brought the world the first biggest tragedy of the year in my opinion--an airplane crashed killing 9 people. Everyone felt the sadness of the families all affected by this crash but the biggest shocker and pain was that of Kobe Bryant and his beloved daughter. We should have known that if all of this could happen in January that we were heading into a year full of crazy.
Once we recovered from that and were beginning to think that life would get better and that 2020 would live up to be an amazing year things started going down hill. People started getting sick and things started disappearing off shelves at the grocery stores. Enter Covid 19 aka Corona virus. The virus that literally became a pandemic. It shut down everything and everyone. Toilet paper disappeared--as in you had to go to the underground black market to get some toilet paper it was crazy. I never understood the toilet paper craze...the only thing that I could gather is that the greater population learned for the first time in their lives to wash their hands and didn't learn that you use a paper towel or a towel to dry your hands.
As toilet paper was disappearing so was cleaning supplies and then.....(saw this photo on Pinterest--I enjoyed watching "The Big Bang Theory" you should watch it)
So not only were people learning to wash their hands and body in 2020 but they apparently learned how to clean their homes or working environment. Its really a phenomenal phenomenon. These are two habits that I have had for as long as I can remember so watching from the sidelines the amount of people who were acting that this was such a novel idea and were radically changing their lives was mind blowing.
By late spring the death rate was unbelievably high all around the globe. It was so heartbreaking to watch and hear these stories. So facial masks also became the new normal. This caused so much angst in people. So as a result of this pandemic a few things are normal these days, social distancing (that people seem to think is a suggestion), facial masks, and cleaning oneself and environment. Its actually disturbing how many people didn't wash their hands. Ewww 😖
Anyway in the midst of the pandemic evilness showed its ugly face. And the black community took some major hits with the unjust and brutal killings of way tooo many black men and women. People everywhere were beyond angry and wanted justice to be fulfilled. Things continued to get ugly. It is sad that people of color (whether they are black, brown, purple etc) had to get so angry and start protesting for people/politics to see that at the end of the day all that is being asked is to see them as equal and give them the same respect and justice system and the non people of color population. And that is all i am going to say on this topic. I have much more thoughts and opinions on this topic, however, I will keep that to myself until I am better able to voice it.
2020 was also an election year and history was made several times over during this election cycle. It was a very messy process. People came out in numbers to vote. History was made for females and for females of color.
2020 also brought me and many others searching for peace, balance, and God. So much more has happened in 2020 and if I were to recount everything that happened I would be here all day. And no one has time for that.
So how did my year end--the same way it started--at home enjoying my Popeye and crazy dogs . My word for the year was grace. I had to learn to give myself and others grace. I am by no means an expert but I did learn a lot about grace. It feels great not to have the extra pressure on my shoulder to be perfect or fit some type of mold. I learned to be extra thankful for my blessings however big or small.
So now that 600 days of 2020 are over and we are in 2021 I am hoping that things get better. I hope to post more this year. But I won't make that promise so that I don't disappoint your expectations. But I do thank you, my dear reader, for sticking with me through my silent times. Happy new year and may it be filled with lots of grace and blessings.
