How has 2020 been for you?

[Archae]

I know many lost a lot, others gained.

We have a new President, which I am happy about.

I was given $1200 by the government, I used it mostly to buy replacement computer stuff like a new Lenovo laptop.

But last month my Mom died, big hit for my whole family and myself.

How has your year gone?

[Mike 03]

1. I'm so very sorry about your mom.

It's been a rough year for many people.

My brother-in-law lost his mother to COVID over the summer.

One thing that has kept me sane and focused is that (and I know it's a small thing) there have been so many great books published this year. Anybody who is into reading political books or history books had a bounty this year. I think learning and focusing on reading has helped me get through this, as well as DU and realizing we are living through history. But I think it's important to step away from the news at times too.

Other than "books" and great journalism (and my dog), it's hard to come up with too many positives. (Exercise helps too.)

I guess if you really love eating food (like tuna) out of cans, it's been a pretty good year.

Again so sorry about your mother.

[GoneOffShore]

2. So sorry about your mom. That has to be really hard.

This year has been up and down for us - Our best friends here moved back to the UK and that's been a wrench. We've made some new friends. We're settling in. We had our kitchen remodeled but with Covid we're not having dinner parties.
Our visa's have been renewed moving us one year closer to 10 year cards. And as I posted in another thread we now have French driving licenses.
We got that 1200$ each which went towards the new kitchen.
We've been adopted by a cat - a cranky cat but still.

The US has a new President and we're breathing again!

And we're feeling extremely fortunate to live here. Had we stayed in the US our lives would be much different and much worse.

[Freedomofspeech]

3. So very sorry about your Mother...

Not my best year ever but so many people are dealing with devastating issues. Both of our children live out of state so have not seen our family in Maine since February...we usually travel there every other month from the Pittsburgh area. So missing my grandchildren there. Our other son is in Cleveland and we have seen them briefly 3 times since February.
We live in a very redneck area so people refuse to wear their masks. We only go to the grocery store and no place else. Fortunately my husband and I really like each other a lot. 🤗 We read, do jigsaw puzzles and watch a lot of British TV.
I will not complain about anything but that shitgibbon trump...may he burn slowly in hell.

[justhanginon]

4. A sad thing to lose one's mom. My sympathy to you.

My year pretty much sucked. Back in February I got pneumonia and spent two weeks in the hospital. Not fun and a very slow recovery since I already have both asthma and COPD. And yes, I did have the pneumonia shots. I haven't been with my kids since March because of isolating and their respective positions although we keep in constant by phone and computer but I desperately need a hug. Then in September they discoivered I had a cancerous growth on my kidney. So they had to remove the damn kidney. I am still feeling some of the effects of that. Then In October my best friend died. We had been friends since high school, that is almost seventy years ago. He was a great friend and it is a huge loss. I miss him greatly.
I will certainly be glad to see the new year come and hopefully a better time for all of us with trump gone and a decent and intelligent man, Joe Biden, in the White House.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. My condolences for the passing of your mom. That's a really tough loss.

My 2020, like everybody else's, has sucked. Two of my three cats died within a month of each other this summer (one very suddenly). I'm still healthy but stuck at home alone with my remaining cat; since I'm retired I don't have to go out to a job but I've had to give up just about everything I used to do. But considering the terrible losses many others have suffered - family members, jobs, businesses, homes - I guess I shouldn't complain. The one good thing has been the election of Biden and Harris, though getting there was horrendously stressful. But now a light is finally flickering at the end of a very long tunnel.

[NNadir]

6. My boss died, my wife lost her job, but I woke up this morning, alive and well, petted the...

...cat and fed her, thought about the Zoom Thanksgiving with my son who can't come home because of Covid-19, filled with glorious thanks that I am enjoying the privilege and love of being alive.

2020 is leaving me filled with hope, because things can and will get better.

[mnhtnbb]

7. I am so sorry about your mom.

It's one of those emotional milestones of life when parents pass away. And not to be able to gather with family to remember and celebrate their lives makes it so much more difficult. Damn virus.

I am fortunate to be retired and financially ok. But the life I'd planned living in the city, walking to the ballet and symphony, going to street festivals, eating out at terrific restaurants within blocks of my high rise apartment, traveling several times a year, has been totally upended. Then I lost my fur baby in June after she'd been with me for almost 11 years. I haven't seen my oldest son in person since February and my youngest son for almost 18 months, even though he moved back to Chapel Hill last summer from New Haven.

I had already adjusted to living alone as a widow, so the isolation hasn't been too awful. But last April, I could see that it was going to be a year or more of living with these life changes due to the virus, so I bought a house being built in a new development. The house closes Dec 22 and I will move in the first week of January. It has a courtyard. I will have a fountain, a fire pit, and be landscaping for spring. Put up a hummingbird feeder. Be able to walk out my door to go for a walk and not be faced with unmasked people getting up in my face.

I'm just hanging on. Waiting to move. Looking forward to the inauguration of Biden/Harris.