A couple of weeks ago 
Thought it would be fun to put in this picture of a letter of found I found this year that my mom wrote to her family in 1957.
Dear Sara,
You found this letter, that means you are about to start 2020. This is going to be an interesting year--- for the whole world, we will all go through something we have never experienced be patient with yourself and others and open to new experiences.
2020 will start out like usual. January and February are pretty routine. Watch for the Chinese student who comes to his advising appointment completely covered and protected. He is wearing a mask, goggles, and gloves. This will be the time you will start hearing about a disease in China. You will think he is overacting, maybe he was, we are in Arizona and no one is sick here...yet. Soon though that disease- Coronavirus, COVID19 or just COVID will spread all over the world. There will be a worldwide pandemic.
Spring break in mid March will be the shifting point. Students will be asked to stay home and all classes will go online. So will your advising appointments. A company and platform called Zoom will become a household word, so will masks, COVID and social distancing.
You will be required to work from home for a few months. Don't worry you will get to go back to the office again. Enjoy that time in your cute little townhouse. Later in the year you will sell it. It will be a good decision and hard to leave this beautiful home of 10 years and you will miss it.
The biggest piece of advice I would give you is be understanding to others. How people think of and during this pandemic, wearing masks, Black Lives Matter and the US presidential election is so varied and sometimes polar opposite. This is hard for you. As humans we all think we are right. How can we be when we have apposite ideas and conflicting opinions and views? Be open to others ideas. Those ideas come from their lived experiences.
Keep doing your meditation, yoga, journaling and scripture study. This will an important source of grounding and strength for you.
Enjoy the time you have to travel and connect with others. You will live with the Montague family for a month in September. Enjoy them and grow and deepen that special friendship. You will also live with Angela. Be patient with when you will move in. Christy will move out and get married. It will be a hard transition to go from living alone to living with others. Enjoy the time you have with Angela. You'll have time to study, cook, shop, talk and become even closer. She will tell others about your relationships with Ken and Bob. This will upset you. You don't have many relationships and feel like tis is something you want to share with others when you want them to know about it. At the end of the year you will realize that Angela loves the people in her life so deeply that their joys and sorrows are hers and she shares them like they are hers. Take your time navigating this situation.
Enjoy the time you get to spend with Scotty. It will be the most since you were living in the same house together as a family. You will get to spend a lot of time in beautiful places (Southern Utah, Montana, Idaho and Oregon) taking pictures, hiking, talking, singing and playing Pokemon Go.
You are going to be in a new ward when you move to Angela's house. Be patient with the people and how quickly they open up. Everyone will be wearing masks and social distancing which will make getting to know new people a little awkward at first. Be open to new friendships.
Relationships are something you think a lot about this year. Some will become stronger through Marco Polo and vacations. You will see and spend a lot of time with Sara Quinney Jones in both Arizona and Tennessee and Jay and Jodi in Montana and Oregon. You will become closer to Donna Evans, Allison Castillo and Danee Hansen through Marco Polo. Enjoy getting to know Colin and the little boy, Benjamin, he has this year. Savor the time you spend with Sandra and her family, especially in the temple. Visit Ora a lot. Listen to her and her memories. She will die at the end of December.
Be thankful for all the things, experiences and people that are part of your life in 2020. While it will be hard in many ways it will also be a wonderful and beautiful year for you.