2020 started off strong, I was a freshman in my first year of high school. Life was great, I was playing high school softball, getting good grades, seeing friends every day, being with friends and family on weekends, the normal fifteen year- old teenage girl things. Everything was great, until March 13, 2020. My team and I were getting concussion tested for our upcoming season when my mom called and said we would be off for two weeks. We knew there was a virus going around but didn’t know it had become severe here. We were excited for a short break from school. Little did we know, that “short break” would still be happening exactly one year later. So as I am sitting here, March 13, 2021, a sixteen-year-old teenage girl no longer doing regular teenage girl things, it’s time to “look behind the mask” at my growth over this hectic year. 

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1/30/20 Starting off with one of my favorite things to do, go watch hockey games. I love to watch my cousin and friends play, and going with friends makes it even better. My friends and I would go to every game to support them. After Covid started though, their season got completely suspended and then when it started back up, we weren’t allowed to go. We made do by watching live streams and getting updates throughout the game, but it just wasn’t the same not being there to yell and cheer them on.

Though 2020 was the craziest year yet, I am thankful for the growth I had over this time. Here’s to 2021 being even better and growing even more as a person and a community.