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Dear 2020 baby: Thank you
This year has been a mess. But you've been the light in the darkness.
Sweet 2020 baby,
I just want to say thank you.
Because in many ways, this year has been a mess.
A bit of a disaster, really.
But you.
You've been the light in the darkness.
<p>The calm in the chaos.</p><p>The joy in the midst of a whole lot of hardship and pain and frustration.</p><p>So I know people will talk about 2020.</p><p>They'll talk about the stress and the fear and the sadness.</p><p>They'll recount every bit of the hard stuff that's brought tears to my eyes more times than I can count.</p><p><strong>But I'm just so glad that, when I think back on this year, <a href="https://www.mother.ly/life/to-the-mama-who-had-a-baby-during-the-pandemic" target="_blank">I also get to think about you</a>.</strong></p><p><div id="public-good-campaign-div"></div><div id="outer-wrapper">
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</div></p><p>Because you're such a gift.</p><p>The sweetest blessing.</p><p>And even though things looked a little (okay—a lot) different than I'd planned, and it certainly wasn't always easy or comfortable, your timing couldn't have been more perfect.</p><p>So thank you, little one.</p><p>Thank you for allowing me to be <a href="https://www.mother.ly/life/pandemic-fatigue-motherhood" target="_blank">grateful for 2020</a>.</p><p>Because it gave me you.</p><p><em>The post originally appeared on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kissesfromboysblog/posts/2628683247462491" target="_blank">Kisses With Boys with Krista Ward</a>.</em></p>
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