Hi there, LifeKidListener. We don't have to tell you that 2020 has been chaotic.

The coronavirus pandemic has turned all our lives upside down.

Suddenly, the straightforward parts of life, like going the grocery store, felt scary and uncertain.

Plans for school and work dramatically changed, not to mention the unbelievable amount of loss.

And we know it's not over yet.

But through every twist and turn of this exceptional time, LifeKid has been here to be an ambassador of sanity.

From our coverage on coping with anxiety to finding virtual therapy,

from confronting microaggressions at home to having tough conversations about race and identity in the workplace,

from caring for elders amidst the pandemic, while remembering to care for ourselves.

Everyone needs a little help being human, now more than ever.

So if LifeKid has helped you stay grounded this year, we have a favor to ask.

We want to continue to be your support system in the new year.

And one way for that to happen is for you to donate to your local public radio station.

Just go to donate.npr.org slash lifekit.

Once again, that's donate.npr.org slash lifekit.

And please consider donating if you have the means.

Thank you so much.

Here we are in what feels like the 11 billionth day of quarantine.

And there is a lot of sorrow.

And one of the ways that I've found to combat that overwhelm and the exhaustion is reaching out to folks in my life with gifts

to remind them that even though I can't see them or hug them, that I care.

I sent cookies to two of my friends who were dealing with COVID.

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