01/01/2021
I was thinking of being “funny” and posting this amazing picture of my beautiful grandma flipping off the world and saying “Adios MF” to 2020, but I couldn’t do it. For me, luckily, 2020 was kind of incredible. I spent more time with my lil babies than I would have bc otherwise they would have been in school. But they were home with me, building gardens, learning to swim, playing with their cousins, learning to ride bikes, and laughing laughing LAUGHING! I got to bond, grow, love, enjoy, and laugh with them while they were home. I worked less bc I was “having” to spend more time with my kids, but if I’m perfectly honest, I ABSOLUTELY loved every single second of it. I ended up having to get creative and work some odd jobs for a couple months when the s**t hit the fan, and that surprisingly opened up doors to areas of interest that satisfy my soul! So I made less in money, but I gained so much more in quality of life! 2020 brought me closer to friends and family (albeit from afar) than I’ve ever been. The relationships that were formed this year between myself and my children, my family, and my friends are some of the greatest feelings of closeness, support, and love I’ve ever felt. So, as funny as it would have been to post grandma with her arthritic middle finger giving 2020 the ole F U, I’m actually profoundly grateful. May next year bring us all closer, help us persevere, remind us that God is GOOD, and to keep a positive spirit no matter what! There is good all around us, we just have to choose to see and experience it rather than the darkness.