Friends are calling to check in with us about the Covid-19 vaccine. They want to know how things are going in our country. We have been quite lucky. When I see what is going on in India my heart breaks for the people there who are struggling to find oxygen to save lives. Twenty-twenty may have felt brutal, but the slight familiarity of living in a pandemic has now, to me made brutality seem a bit common place. The stresses that we all undergo, yet move to the side in order to get things done cannot be understated. There is a pall over the world, and yet there is still so much beauty to enjoy. The trees are all blooming and the birds are singing and butterflies flit by and you are reminded that at least this pandemic is not like the ones history has mentioned in the past. Put into context we are extremely fortunate indeed. We do not have to be told that whole areas have been condemned. Our families are not being carted away like a mountain of disease and dispair. Governments have been so disappointing too, as they care more about the economy than people. People are also so tired of taking care that any chance to let down their guard is unfortunately easy to take and spikes turn up in some countries known for discipline. The world goes on and will go one and we just have to know that we will thrive. We shall get on the other side of all of this and remember it as something other generations shall learn from.