S-N Editorial

What comes next?

 

December 31, 2020

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Multiple COVID-19 vaccines have given millions of people hope for the New Year.

2020 was the year of "un's."

Unprecedented.

Unheard of.

Unreal.

It's redundant at this point. Whatever hopes people had for this year, 2020 promptly crushed them. It's futile to list everything that stunk during the last 365 days.

The only positives this year were the silver linings. We were forced to be closer to our loved ones "thanks" to quarantine while simultaneously being reminded what's important. Nothing should be taken for granted – even the simplest of things like going to a high school sporting event or attending a parade.

We lost more than 300,000 Americans due to COVID-19. If you or your family wasn't affected, consider yourself extremely lucky and blessed. Thousands more will die in 2021. We have a vaccine, and that brings hope, but it's clear our guard must stay up.

We can only hope the New Year will be less painful. We endured an economic collapse, civil unrest and extraordinary political discord. It's unlikely we'll blink at whatever gets thrown at us over the next 12 months.


Cheers to making it through. Cheers to the memories of those we lost. Cheers to a New Year. Cheers to a fresh start.

We all learned a lot in 2020. Keep those lessons close and move forward in 2021 with a renewed sense of optimism. Yes, it's just a simple flip of a calendar, but it can be so much more.

Here's to hoping this country can stop enduring and start thriving again. Let's welcome this turn of the page with open arms and forge ahead better for everything the last 365 days have thrown at us.

So who's to say what comes next? The only way is through.

 
 

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