We Just Don't Know What to Say to You, 2020.

 Brain cancer is...

 

...saying goodbye to 2020.

We undecorated for Christmas today.  Am I the only person who relishes putting away the tree ornaments?  There they are above, just waiting for me to organize and box them safely away.  No one is allowed to help.  It's weird.

While I sang softly to our ornaments, Darrell took care of the three-tree aftermath.  At one point today, he used the leaf blower in the house, blowing all the dried and fallen Noble Fir needles right on out the front door.

Somehow that seemed very fitting for the last day of 2020:  Just blow it all right out using the largest piece of yard equipment available.

But 2020 didn't go down without a fight at our house.  Today we Covid-cancelled our first two trips of 2021:  Carlsbad and Colorado.  

Just to be two more people to say it:  2020 was so tough on the whole planet:  Its people, its environmental systems, its social systems, its economic systems, its political systems...everyone and everything.  And we hurt for all the people who suffered life-changing losses.

We'll also be two more people to say that we personally did come out of the year a little wiser than when it started.  

Our word of the year for 2020 was "Explore." (Here.)  We suppose if we choose a word like "explore" to direct our annual focus, we'd better be ready for whatever comes next.  We did use the year to explore our country's history and institutions and our role in them, our values, and our priorities. We learned a lot.  We smiled plenty.  We appreciated so many happy events.

And even though we wish the year brought a whole lot less pain, if our choice was between 2020 and no year at all, we'd give a "yes" to 2020.  Also, of all the people in the world, we were privileged to spend it with you. 

Happy New Year, Team D.  We made it.

Today's Bloom

To the promise of tomorrow