Introduction by National President, Rose McGowan
After the Past Two Years We Must Return Rejuvenated to Our Core Work This time last year I wrote in this publication that the past twelve months had been a time that most people wished to forget. Add another year, 2021, and that makes two years that most people wish to forget. For many, it was missing being with their loved ones, parents, children and grandchildren, for much of the time. For others, it was the loneliness, and isolation, becoming unemployed, struggling to pay bills and, for many, not being able to mourn properly for so many who had died during the pandemic. But now the tide has turned, the country is opening up again. While we remain cautious and for some, an understandable nervousness remains, hope is returning. Hope that we can put the past two years behind us and resume what we may consider a normal life. However it will not be the same, for many there has been a gap in their lives which will never be filled; the loved ones gone, the jobs no longer available or the times with friends. For many young people and their families there will be the celebrations, birthdays and graduations, missed. In time, some of the memories will fade and the hope which I mentioned will take over. We now need to harness that hope and turn it into a strong positive.
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