Say goodbye to the magical year 2020.

In a few days, the brand-new 202 1 will come!

Finally, we have to send away 2020-this magical 2020, which is extremely difficult for many people!

Over the years, I have kept the habit of writing "year-end summary" at the end of the year, summing up the experience and gains of the past year, which can be regarded as a "sense of ceremony" for my plain life.

At this time last year, when I enthusiastically wrote my 20 19 year-end summary "20 19, I am still the middle-aged woman who loves life" and my early 2020 outlook "By 2020: I hope you can cross mountains and rivers and still feel that the world is worth it", I never thought about and expected "Love you-Love you"

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I have been away from home in the United States for more than ten years, and I have never chosen to go back to my hometown in the north in the cold winter, so I have not accompanied my parents for the New Year for more than ten years.

I made preparations at the beginning of last year and decided to go home for the New Year this year.

Starting from home at 9: 00 am on October 7th, 65438/KLOC-0, USA, I transferred from Los Angeles International Airport to Beijing Capital Airport to fly to my hometown in Dalian, and arrived at my parents' home in the early morning of October 9th, 65438/KLOC-0, Beijing time.

Although I traveled across the ocean to go home, my heart was full of excitement and expectation.

I don't care about jet lag. I meet my old classmates and friends one by one. I attended a gathering of friends and got a perm under the guidance of my best friend.

I checked the last photo I took when I went out in my hometown, and it was fixed at 4: 55pm on October 20th, 65438 Beijing time.

My girlfriend and I went to Xinghai Square.

I made an appointment for a few days when I went back to my best friend's house. I didn't expect another appointment.

There are also several good friends who met after the Spring Festival party, and they have to give up because the epidemic is getting worse and worse.

I have to change my ticket back to America on February 9th.

My parents' mood has never been so contradictory: I hope I will stay at home for a few more days, but I am worried that the epidemic will get worse and worse, and I hope I will leave early.

With mixed feelings, I boarded the plane from Dalian to Osaka and returned to Los Angeles at 65438+1October 3 1 Beijing time.

My tears kept flowing and soaked the edge of the mask.

I sincerely pray for peace and prosperity! May everyone be well when we meet again!

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Soon, the epidemic spread in the United States.

Everyone said: China played the first half of the epidemic and foreign countries played the second half.

As for me, I returned to the United States from China and played in the first half and the second half. I didn't expect the second half to be overtime.

What is even more maddening is that the whole game is not over yet. I don't know when the whistle of overtime will really blow!

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"The human rights of closing the city are gone, and those who don't close the city are gone!"

In fact, the concept of "city closure" in the United States is very different from that in China. The blockade here is only the closure of some unnecessary places, and people still have great freedom.

Frontline medical workers earnestly advise people to stay at home as much as possible, which is the most direct and effective measure to stop infectious diseases.

However, many people gathered in the street because of the blockade, because they were dissatisfied with wearing masks to March. ......

This is a group of "give me liberty or give me death" Americans!

I really want to talk to these people about China's old saying, "If you stay in the green hills, you are not afraid of running out of firewood".

I once heard a very famous speech: the world is cruel today, and even more cruel tomorrow, but the day after tomorrow is beautiful, and most people will die tomorrow and will never see the sun again.

Today is cruel, tomorrow is even more cruel, and the day after tomorrow will be beautiful, but most people will die tomorrow night and never see the sun the day after tomorrow.

As of this writing, there are19,433,847 confirmed cases and 339,921death cases in the United States. There are 2 124399 confirmed cases and 242 18 deaths in California where I live.

One in every/kloc-0.000 Americans died in COVID-19!

Many people's lives have stopped in the magical year of 2020!

How I hope everyone who yearns for freedom can see the sun rising in the morning the day after tomorrow!

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Because of the high temperature, dryness and little rain, California has mountain fires every year, and this year is no exception.

Unexpectedly, the mountain fire that started in 101October 26th happened in the city next to my home. Coupled with the strong wind, the mountain fire soon burned near my home.

The yard is full of falling mountain ash. You can see the smoky sky when you look up, and you can smell the smoke in the room.

Many friends I know who live in neighboring cities have been forced to evacuate and leave their homes. The community across the street from my home was forced to evacuate, and we also prepared a "refugee package" for the first time.

Thankfully, the wind has stopped. With the hard efforts of firefighters, the mountain fire has been controlled, and we don't need to leave home.

The sudden disaster is so close to us for the first time!

Years are quiet and I am used to plenty of time, but this year has made me understand that things change.

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Without the epidemic, my daughter would have experienced her hard-won internship in Washington, D.C. this summer.

Because of the epidemic, the school closed at the end of the spring course and taught offline. My daughter moved home in March and took classes through the ZOOM network.

In the past, we joked that "universities stay at home", but now college students in the epidemic can say that they are "zoom universities".

Although she teaches online, she is still very busy.

As a way to release stress, she likes to cook delicious food.

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Every work is beautiful.

My daughter cooked a lot of delicious food for us. I also try to make all kinds of Chinese food, western food and vegetarian food to satisfy her taste.

Without this epidemic and the opportunity to get along with each other day and night, the daughter who pursues herself and independence may not have the opportunity to feel more warmth and support from her family.

Such an opportunity is precious to us.

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It is too difficult for a young man to live at home for such a long time and stay away from his classmates and friends!

My daughter promised that she would be responsible for innocent lives to the end, so we promised her to adopt a cat.

My daughter, who loves animals, insisted on adoption rather than purchase. She decided to adopt a black cat that was not popular in the western world.

I believe that there is also fate between people and animals.

When I saw Rosie (of course, she was not named at that time), she was the only cat as big as her in the whole adoption center, because she was a "black cat" and no one wanted to adopt her.

Before coming to the adoption center, she had an unfortunate experience in the adoption family and had an unpleasant experience with the dog.

When I came to our home, I was just three months old, and I looked at everything in front of me with my eyes wide open like a frightened bird. Slipped away trembling along the edge of the house.

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My daughter is in charge of taking care of the cat. She keeps cats well, has a balanced diet, and is very strong. She doesn't bite wires or grab sofas, which is very pleasing.

Rosie, now seven months old, has grown up a lot. She walked in and out of every room in the house like no one's watching, often stepping on our bodies and faces, meowing and chatting with us, and curled up and fell asleep anywhere that made her comfortable.

Every day I will carry her on my shoulders, walk in the yard and bask in the sun. She always looks at the scenery in front of her curiously on my shoulder, switching from my left shoulder to my right shoulder from time to time, and then switching from my right shoulder back to my left shoulder.

From the beginning, the sound of opening and closing doors and stepping on leaves will make her lose her mind. Today, even if I ignore these voices, I can clearly feel that she is no longer an enemy and has much more trust in me.

Every time I see her innocent and lovely appearance, I can't help feeling a little distressed: I was born a black cat and should suffer such unfair treatment.

Rosie's arrival added a lot of laughter to our family life. I also hope that more innocent lives can be treated well.

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1The daughter born at the end of 1999 is 2 1 year old this year!

2 1 year is a special number in America.

Although 18 years old is the voting age stipulated in the US Constitution, the legal age of majority, and the minimum age for military service and employment, 2 1 year old is the real age of adulthood.

Because almost all states in the United States have many laws restricting people below 2 1. For example, it is not allowed to sell tobacco and alcohol to teenagers under 2 1 year old, and it is not allowed to drink alcohol in public. 2 1 Minors under one year of age are not allowed to go to gambling tables and participate in casino gambling. Many adult places and clubs must be over 2 1 year old to enter.

So in the United States, 2 1 birthday is the most celebrated day for young people, because from this day on, their lives will be completely "free"!

The daughter joked that her friends would get her drunk on her birthday if it weren't for the epidemic.

Although there was no party, I bought all kinds of balloons, decorated them and left beautiful birthday photos!

Harry styles's sweater coat, which my daughter has been fond of for many years, is very popular on the Internet. Original price 1 0,250, which is equivalent to nearly RMB 1 0,654,38+0,000.

Because it is too expensive, many girls start to knit by hand. I spent two weeks knitting one for my daughter and won the envy of her friends.

This is also the first finished sweater I personally knitted in my life!

In addition, I knitted my daughter a loose white sweater coat.

When I was a child, I often wore sweaters knitted by my mother. I am glad that I have the ability to let my daughter wear the "warm brand" sweater knitted by her mother.

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This year, driven by my friends, I picked up a brush and began to draw.

On a boring day at home, I sat down to draw a picture and felt that life was calm and beautiful.

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The sketch portrait I drew for my friend in northern California won the praise of her circle of friends and was also a great encouragement to me.

These paintings still look rough with pens. I hope 202 1 can calm down and practice more.

I hope my heart will be richer and firmer.

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Compared with last year, the United States, China and Europe visited many countries and cities. I stayed at home most of the time this year because of the epidemic.

My husband and I only went to several beaches near our home and sparsely populated deserts, mountains and national parks.

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Like nature and freedom, we choose to avoid crowded places and stay at home more.

I only hope that the epidemic will end as soon as possible, life will return to normal as soon as possible, and people can be free and indulge in landscapes!

Christmas this year is also the most deserted year in our family. However, whether full or lonely, people who love you will pass by your heart!

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Taking stock of 2020, another unavoidable topic is the quadrennial US presidential election.

In 2008, I experienced the first presidential election since I came to the United States.

The two main presidential candidates that year were barack obama of the Democratic Party and John McCain of the Democratic Party.

I was not qualified to vote at that time. I heard a white American say to me: I voted for Obama, and my dead father would jump out of the coffin angrily if he knew the news. (Because Obama is black)

Another friend of mine, a 52-year-old doctor from China, told me that I voted for Obama. Although he is younger than me, I admire him very much.

Over the years, I have always believed that everyone has his own political views, and every view deserves to be respected.

Our family has three votes this year. Because of the epidemic, we chose to mail it.

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Three people each filled out their own votes. In order to ensure the safety of the ballot, we specially open the ballot to the official mailbox. Then I received a short message (Figure 6): The votes have been received and counted.

Through this election, I also saw a lot of people and things around me, and I deeply understood a sentence by Bertrand Russell: people are born ignorant, but they are not ignorant. Ignorance is caused by later education.

Arguing with people at different levels is a useless consumption.

I never thought that there would be such opposition between people with different political views! The unprecedented division brought about by this election has not stopped. ......

This epidemic will run through 2020. This year we have heard too many sad stories and shed too many sad tears; I saw a lot of ugliness of human nature, and also witnessed a lot of brilliance and touch of human nature.

There are not so many heroes falling from the sky in this world, only mortals who stand up at critical moments.

Think of what Miyazaki Hayao said in My Neighbor Totoro: If life is bad to a certain extent, it will get better, because it can't get any worse. I didn't know many things until I worked hard. I insisted on coming.

If winter comes, can spring be far behind?

I hope 202 1 is a very good year! I hope 202 1 will bring us more beauty!

See you in 2020. Hello 202 1!