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Open Letter to 2020

I don't hate you...

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Open Letter to 2020

Dear 2020

2020 I don't hate you. I had high hopes for you honestly; I thought you would be one of the best years of my life. As the clock struck 12 am I thought to myself this was a year I'm never going to forget. Truth be told I will never forget you, a lot of milestones in my life happened this year. I was so excited every moment you had in store for me. But sadly you have the darkest sense of humor I have ever seen.

I was excited to finally turn 18 and be able to vote. You saw this opportunity and gave me a quarantined birthday and the option to vote between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Your humor truly knows no bounds. 2020, you were supposed to be my graduation year, I was excited to walk up to the stage and receive my diploma. HA, you said in my face as corona took that away and gave me a Facebook graduation. Which was actually really cute due to the circumstances.

2020, you were supposed to be the year I get to go out and experience college, and instead I'm at home looking at my laptop 5 days a week, not learning but simply trying to pass online classes.

You took away people I've looked up to for years, Chadwick Boseman, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, John Lewis, Kobe, and so many others.

As well as taking away the lives and homes of thousands due to wildfires.

2020 I don't hate you, you made me realize the importance of being together in crisis. In the most troubling times we find more ways to relate to one another and share each other's pain. You gave the world more aware of problems going on. This year has been a wake up call politically and through you there is more passion for a change in the world.

So I don't hate you 2020, you will be a year that will never be forgotten.

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