Today is your day Boomer! It is easy to criticize 2021 on this last day of the year. The negative list is long: neverending COVID, floods, heat domes, forest fires, aggressive Russia, tornadoes, increasing racism/intolerance, discovery of mass graves at Canadian residential schools, anti-maskers/vaxxers...and the list goes on. Even yesterday, Colorado was hit with a massive fire that destroyed over 500 homes! But some of us are not like that; we are true optimists even in a time of despair. Try thinking of these POSITIVE 2021 happenings instead: Biden IN and Trump OUT as U.S. President(whew!), Dr. Bonnie Henry(the "stay calm" Provincial Health Officer in B.C.) who continues to display great pandemic leadership, the construction workers who worked 24/7 to reopen the flood-ravaged Coquihalla Highway before Christmas, the tremendous fortitude and compassion of health care COVID frontline workers, the awesome volunteerism on display when neighbours suffered loss of homes, the expanded use of technology(ie. Zoom!) during COVID, and the extra precious time spent with family when pandemic isolation restrictions were imposed. Overall, our world coming together to fight a common enemy virus was enlightening and heartening!! WE DID GOOD world....and we should be proud. Here's to a global RESET(see picture) and a much better 2022. Cheers!!

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