Now that we’ve made it into the new year, reminiscing thoughts of 2020 come to mind. More-so… searching for the “bright side”. Where to start?
Wasn’t it a fun challenge to hunt for toilet paper in the first half of 2020? I remember thinking that buying TP, for a virus that causes a runny nose, makes about as much sense as buying nasal spray and using that when racing to the toilet with diarrhea but…whatever.
Finding a cleaning product that promised to annihilate at least 99% of all our household germs was almost an impossibility to locate as well. I would have never guessed that I would have no choice but to shop on-line for something as rare as… soap. The bright side…although close, we didn’t reach the inevitability of using magazine pages to wipe ourselves!
Fall and winter 2020 - ah the memories!
Over a year ago, my husband and I decided to plan a hot holiday for late 2020/early 2021. Now, since we’ve been encouraged not to travel (unlike some politicians, apparently) we cancelled. The bright side…at least I didn’t have to pack and we saved some money!
As I look across the room, at the only person I’ve been with for these many, many… many…months, I paste a grin on my face. Although he’s pretty, I dream of another landscape - the one where children descend upon us with noisy laughter and hugs. You know - when the house is full and the woman in charge spends her holiday slaving over a hot stove, cooking large meals with endless snacks, for those gracing us with their presence. What fun we missed not cleaning up the grape pop spilled onto the white shag carpet in the basement this year and the inevitable washing of the mattress that one grandchild was sure was just “sweated on” during the night. The bright side… perhaps enough said.
Imagine my surprise when I got a loving text from my dear husband, asking me which kind of wood I’d prefer for the urn he’s making me. Apparently he needs a new “landscape” as well but he may be taking it to the next level. No worries… he’s making one for himself too and… I’m glad he’s found himself a bright, new hobby.
One of the most devastating occurrences in 2020, for both myself and my husband, was the loss of our cleaning lady. This gem of a person is truly missed. Before the pandemic we both openly agreed that if we had to choose between her and each other we’d both choose her. Bright side… we clean together now! Right…
I’ve heard the talk that 2021 will bring happiness and “normality” to us again. I, being of a realistic and bordering on, cynical mind, thinks this is unlikely. The bright side, however, will be that no matter what is ahead…we should always be able to, at least, make up a bright side!
