Not sure if this was the hardest year, weirdest year, meanest year so far in our lives, but one thing is for sure: it was the most unexpected. Nothing, not one hour of any day, was to be planned. “Let it go” and “let it roll off your back” were the mantra of every day.
The secret to have survived it,
I think, was to really treat every day with the curiosity of learning something
new, for new it was. We took the good (the fact that we had each other, jobs, health
and technology, mostly) and learned to make plans for 24 hours at most. As
everyone else, we had no frame of reference, no guidebook on how to live this
new life. We made it up as we went and settled into our routine. We never dwelt
too long on things that were missing. We only welcomed each day with the
curiosity of “what should we do now?” rather than “I
wonder what’s next?”
We miss a lot of things, but
most of all, we miss the freedom of travel. We didn’t dare venture farther than
taking a couple-of-hour road trips, but even those short trips were rewarding
and rich. Despite it all, or maybe because of it all, we made memories we otherwise
would not have made. When would we have ever planned to visit Washington,
NC? Or Rose Hill?! Or Wilson, NC? I still strongly believe that everything is for
a reason …
This is a look back at our 2020 (click the picture below to view it).
Happy 2021, everyone! I hope the new year will hold you strong, safe, and healthy, more than ready to face whatever it shall throw your way … We wish you all this, but more so those who have lost so much in 2020. Our hearts and hopes are with you, especially.
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