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Hi. Hi. Hey Mary. Hi. Hey Mary, it's Scott.

This past year has been a lot of things for all of us. I'm growing into what I lost

during COVID this year. But when I think about what we all have in common, it's loss. We all

us something during this pandemic. I lost the use of experience of a workplace. I feel

like the virus just weaseled its way into our group planning seeds of doubt and fear.

I lost my best and only friend, my dog. I have a great sense of loss for who I was as a person.

I'm a small business owner, basically at a 65% loss in my business, so struggling to

get by. Our family we do weekly dinners every week on Wednesday. And when it's all

first started, we shut it down. And I can physically see the pain on my grandmother's face.

We lost money. We lost time. A lot of us lost people too.

We lost 16 April. A dear close friend, Joan. We've been friends since childhood. She died

of COVID. Third of May. My great aunt, Millie. She was more of a mother to me than my own

mother. And I miss her every day. 28th of July, James. He didn't die though. He's a first

or was a first responder. He's now a long hauler. I guess when I think about what I lost,

first and foremost, my mom and the opportunity to tell her that she did good with me and

that she set me on the right path. And time. I lost time.

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