Since, I am a person that naturally looks for the positive side of things or tries to find something to push me forward when life is pushing me backwards, I thought about a shirt I recently took a picture of at Walmart. Right then and there, I declared “2020, I am so over you!”
Today, I had to face the reality of life, death, sickness and this ugly year the world knows as 2020. Daily, I see the number of deaths climb. All the stats lead by the Corona virus. Not heart diease. Not cancer. The news is dominated by the number of infections, hospitalizations and deaths of the Corona virus. October 27, 2020, a NBC survey concluded 68% of people polled said they knew someone that tested positive with the deadly virus. Within my family, Covid-19 infected my cousin, daughter, granddaughter and Aunt. Knowing that the story could have been worst, I remained upbeat.
What trouble my spirit was when people I knew began to die, one by one, like a slow drip of water in a faucet. Not to sound flippet, but it seemed that way to me. An old fiance/friend died in August. A young cousin was murder in October. An Aunt died in November of Covid. An old neighbor/friend died of COPD, two days ago. I began to feel numb and overwhelmed. Too much. Just too much.
I thought about the doctors and nurses that have been dealing with mounting death rates, due to Covid and could only imagine how overwhelmed they feel. In times like these, we have to find something to motivate us or make us laugh. Throughout the course of my day, if I see something funny or motivational, I will take a picture of it. Later, when I need an emotional lift, I go through my phone and look at whatever that was for inspiration. Saying “It’s Over” is very empowering. This shirt is a declaration of sources from me to 2020, that you have took jobs, businesses, lives BUT YOU WILL NOT take my joy, my hope nor my faith. Find your motivation, takes pictures and declare victory! It is Over!!!