What a year. I know most of us will be feeling intensely grateful to be leaving 2020 behind. There have been some highlights, and it’s good to focus on the positive things, but there’s a lot of hope that 2021 will bring better times.

Like everyone, I have found periods of 2020 difficult to get through. Writing these blogs has been a source of comfort, and sharing them with you always brings me joy. I see the comments you make on the website and the replies you email back – each one makes me feel a wonderful sense of connection.

So thank you, for reading these blogs throughout the year, and for being part of that connection. It’s funny to think back to the blogs in March and April about the kindness of strangers at the beginning of lockdown, and the fun of organising events on Zoom for the first time. Some things have changed so much since then, and some haven’t at all.

I wish you a very happy New Year celebration, whatever that may look like this year, and I wish you the very, very best in 2021. I hope you will continue to read these blog posts, and that we can all take on whatever the next year may bring as we have with 2020 – one step at a time, finding positive notes where they can be found, leaning on loved ones when we can and building our own resilience when we cannot.