Here’s To Gracefully Surviving Real-life Nightmares

It’s hard to fathom that 2020 is almost over. The daunting start to a brand new decade quickly catapulted into the most frighteningly prolific year we’ve ever experienced, and if you’ve been spared that harsh reality, you are most definitely in the minority.

For months and months, we’ve been hit with the avalanche of somber updates that confirm the devastation from a global pandemic, that has so far killed more than 300,000 Americans, with record numbers of new cases that will surely challenge the sliver of hope about the dispersement of approved vaccines.

We are aware of the monumental failure on the part of Congress to pass a second stimulus package, after more than enough time to reactivate the extra $600 in unemployment benefits, that was brutally rescinded in July, due to the thoughtlessness and callousness of cowardly GOP leaders like Mitch McConnell and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, who proclaimed that the boost in benefits was too generous.

Each and every day, we are greeted with another death announcement of elderly, distinguished Black notable figures, like revered actress Carol Sutton, 76, legendary singer, Charley Pride, 86, and beloved character actor, Tommy Lister Jr., who was only 62 years old, at the time of his passing. They each made their mark in the industry, and were still…