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How Will We Remember 2020?
AT THE BEGINNING OF COVID-19, I was honored with a new grandson, Miles. His parents stayed with him in the hospital for a few days, then made a safe dash home, where they all hunkered down like most of us.
Technology to the rescue.
He is the happiest baby I’ve ever seen over Zoom or anywhere. Zoom was the only way we could see him for seven months. My wife and I finally met him in person (safety protocols in place) for two days last month. He was happy to see us, smiling all the time, and we were ecstatic.
There will be stories told about his eventful first year of life. Legends about sickness and death and race riots in a time when our democracy was under attack. It’s nice that he won’t remember it because it’s been a terrible year on so many levels. It makes me wonder: When this boy is in middle school, what will he be taught about the moments that mattered in 2020?
Will they be truthful teachings, or will they be sugar-coated nonsense, spun as so many history books have done with important stories of our past? Think Christopher Columbus or the glossing over of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
Our nation is acutely divided. It always has been, but 2020 has brought these divisions to the surface and slapped us in the face with ugly reality. In no uncertain terms, we are reminded that…
