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closing the Coronado Bridge for a short time). Throughout the year, a hotly contested
lion and went out like a lion. It started in January with wild fires raging
presidential election vividly illustrated how
throughout Australia, with estimates of
deeply divided our country was – and is.
25 million acres burned and between 500 million
As winter came upon us, COVID-19 cases
and 1 billion animals killed. Also in January we
mounted and a “surge upon a surge” of
lost basketball great Kobe Bryant, his daughter,
hospitalizations pushed ICUs beyond their
Gianna, and seven others in a horrific helicopter
capacities. Over the recent holiday season,
accident.
we were urged to shun gatherings outside
And then in late February, the nation began hearing of a very serious and rapidly spreading virus. By mid-March, we were all very aware of
our family “pods,” and instead to party via video or telephone. The number 2020 is sometimes
the coronavirus pandemic with sickness, deaths,
associated with clear vision. With that in
business shutdowns, international travel and
mind, are there insights, tips, coping skills
cruise bans, and school closures crashing down
or resolutions we can take into 2021 that
upon us. Following the May 25 videotaped
we’ve gleaned from this past year? Here are
death of George Floyd, “Black Lives Matter”
some fellow Coronadans’ thoughts and/or
protests erupted throughout the nation (even
resolutions for a happier new year ahead.
P12 | Coronado Magazine
