'Steamrolled Us In Every Direction' : The Year Grief Hit From All Sides
A lot of us went into 2020 with the best intentions: to be more present, to read more, to stay healthy.
The universe, however, had other plans.
We won't tick through all that went wrong in 2020. But needless to say, the coronavirus single-handedly shaped pretty much everything — from the way we go about our daily routines and see loved ones to how we celebrate milestones and grieve losses.
Like any other year, there was plenty to celebrate in 2020. People graduated from high school and college, got married and had babies. We all found ways to mark those special moments — weddings and baby showers over Zoom, drive-by graduation parties and distanced pot luck Thanksgivings. Neighborhoods even found a way to do socially distanced trick-or-treating.
There's also been collective sorrow. More than 1.8 million people have — 342,000 . And people have been losing jobs, with the weekly unemployment claims staying at high levels
