2020

And just like that the year 2020, that will most certainly will never be forgotten and will forever be edged in our brain has come to an end. I cannot believe I am typing this right now, but good riddance 2020, fare thee well.

Months went by in a flash, so many things happened yet at the same time also there were so many things that didn’t happen. If you’re reading this, take a moment to thank God for your life because living and breathing isn’t something that everyone got to do, seeing this year come to an end is not something everyone got to do. Who knew that this year would be what it was? If you had told me in the beginning of the year that this is how the year was going to go, I and plenty of other people would have laughed in your face and said you were crazy af. I must say that in the middle of a pandemic, and the world and life as we know it changing right in front of our eyes, I experienced life changing moments, tightened friendship bonds, grew closer to God, developed a better relationship with my parents, got married, and learned once more that even though we may have a plan for our lives, life sometimes has other plans for us. With a few tweaks and adjustments it can be a life that is better than what we could have ever imagined, being flexible is key. I have to admit there were moments when life had me looking all crazy and confused like the Mr. crabs Meme and where it felt like the world around me was spinning and I had nothing to hold on to, and no matter how loud I shouted for it all to please stop spinning, it just didn’t seem to stop. But it eventually came to a halt. Bringing about a peace and quiet that I cherish even more now that the world is everything but peaceful and quiet. I have been holding the ones near and dear to me very tightly this year and have been picking up the phone a lot more to really have meaningful conversations instead of only texting when I find it convenient (so sorry btw for taking forever to reply to some messages, or not replying at all because I keep forgetting to reply and then feel so bad that I don’t reply at all, but I am changing). If we would walk around and ask people what they learned this year I am almost certain that we could fill an entire book with it.

2020 wasn’t all bad but it surely wasn’t all good either. Still, we are here, we are okay, we are alive and that is something to hold on to. I went into 2020 with a running for president attitude, living my best life and I have to admit that even though my best life wasn’t at all what I expected, I still lived my best life, as well as I could.

If you came here to find out about my new years resolutions: I do not have any. Except to be where the money resides (jk, or maybe not?).

Just a few hours to go, till we enter the new year. Sit back, relax and hug, kiss, smooch the ones closest to you. Give yourself props, pop some champagne (or robby bubble)  for the pain, and thank God for living through and surviving the longest yet  somehow also shortest 365 days of your life. 

Cheers to you!

Love,

Maame