2020, a monumentally disastrous year, is coming to a close. So. where are we? What can we look forward to in 2021?
Judging by the past tortuous eight months the prospect is more uncertainty.
Will the latest measures halt the second wave, test and tracing finally get on track, a vaccine be found, a solution to nursing home problems?
We just don't know, but we must keep going as best we can. Coronavirus won't be around forever and the world will get back to work and play, memories of a desperate period in our history fading.
Here in Sunrise life is back to quiet, safety first routine. We are getting over the disappointment and sadness of losing two of our oldest residents and being alone in our rooms, some for weeks.
It is almost six weeks since I tested positive and at first thought. I could fight off the virus.
But my condition worsened and I was taken to hospital where, after a difficult three weeks, I improved enough to come back home.
Now I am learning to be independent again, helped, as alway, by the magnificent carers, improving day by day and hoping to be able to rejoin the Sunrise family in the next ten days.
Then, on my 94th birthday. Had life returned to normal, I would have had a family celebration here.
There is the lavish Sunrise Christmas to look forward to and then we we will be into 2021
I am optimistic enough to think it could be an exciting time.
If the coronavirus tide has ebbed I can see a burst of energy and initiative.
After almost a year of restrictions people will flood back to the shops, to sport, entertainment and holidays to make up for lost time.
The loss of jobs will be offset by an increasing number of start up businesses large and small, founded by new entrepreneurs to add to the millions of small businesses boosted by new enthusiasm and opportunies.
Despite its dire coronavirus record and all the confusion created by the election, the US economy is recovering and that could well be the pattern for the UK.
We will see.
No comments:
Post a Comment