Listen, Iâm part of the generation that uses humor to cope, I love all the memes about 2020 just as much as you guys do. I laugh at the âwe got the real roaring 20â˛sâ, âwe wanted 2020 to be a movie but we got the wrong genreâ, âwe really thought 2020 would be our yearâ sardonic tweets.
But to the people like me, who really thought 2020 would be their year?
Love, Iâm so sorry. Iâm so sorry you walked into this year with a smile and hope, and that smile immediately fell, and that hope was immediately crushed
Iâm sorry that every day thereâs something else, Iâm sorry that youâre scared, Iâm sorry that youâre angry, Iâm sorry that youâre tired.
And I know, I know that youâre having a hard time hoping again. Trust me, I know.
But this year, Adam Castillejo became the second person to be cured of HIV
This year, James Patterson art up a fund to help Indie bookstores
This year, scientists finally managed to record the narwhalÂ
This year, White Storks have hatched the first wild chicks in 600 years
This year, the worlds largest open-air gallery was opened with paintings by individuals with learning disabilities
This year, an eleven year old skateboarder landed the worlds first 1080 degree turn
This year, scientists mapped the entire surface of the moon for the first time ever
This year, Sweden and Austria closed their last coal plants
This year, White Tailed Eagles are spotted flying over England for the first time in 240 years
This year, NASA launched astronauts to a US space station for the first time since 2011
To all the people like me, who thought 2020 was their year: Weâre here. Weâre alive. The world will grow. The world will heal. Maybe 2020 isnât our year of stress free fun and memories, but it can be our year to learn and stand up and fight, so that next year? We get everything we hoped for.
Donât give up, donât leave. Thereâs a world waiting for you.
