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Do Roses Have Thorns Or Thorns Have Roses?
Looking back at the best of 2020
We all know the worst of 2020. We’ve lived it. We’re still in it. And we’ll have a hard time leaving it all behind.
But if we follow Alphonse Karr’s wise words, a shift of perspective can push our world forward. We need it badly.
So, Karr, the famous French critic, journalist, and novelist, once said that we could complain because rose bushes have thorns or rejoice because thorns have roses.
In 2020 I lived in fear…
I lost a grandparent at the beginning of the year. And I’m watching another one fading away as I write these lines.
We’ve had to close the business our family relied on and reinvent ourselves, shift our focus, redefine our priorities as a family.
I went from being a stay-at-home mom to a work-from-home mom, with a toddler determined to prevent me from doing any work.
I got to witness cancer spreading in a loved one’s body and face the horrific reality of barely getting medical help because of, well, the pandemic.
I’ve lived a lockdown that impacted my little boy in ways I will probably never fully be able to tell.
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