Choosing How to Respond to 2020 In April of 2020, I wrote a blog called ‘Turning 50 during a pandemic.’ It was my attempt at accepting the fact that the plans I had for a fabulous birthday were not meant to be. Perhaps it was my way of preparing for the potential hardship and disappointment. Maybe I sensed the Tsunami that was ahead. But nothing could have prepared me (or any of us) for the life-altering nature of the tests that lay ahead. 2020 brought with it so much pain an