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 Isn't it crazy how you seem to model situations in your mind after other situations that have happened?  For example, I thought for sure my Pop-Pop had another 10 plus years because his mom lived to be 97.  Then came 2020.  2020 has definitely been the year of elevated pain, suffering, loss, and unimaginable circumstances.  I don't know a person on the planet who could say they will remember 2020 fondly.  Unless they welcomed a child into the world, of course.  That's the cycle of life isn't it?  As we welcome in new life, we are forced to eventually say good-bye to the lives that created the foundations of our very own lives.  I'm sure while they are sad to leave the lives they've touched, they too have carried a sadness with them and are ready to see the people who they had to say good-bye to long ago.   The very foundation of my life began in a home closely resembling that of the 90's hit show "Full House".  We lived with my grandparents until