Happy 2021

So we did it, we survived 2020. Now what?

Will you get the vaccine? Will we go back to offices, restaurants, concerts and movie theatres? When will things begin to feel like normal again? Better yet, are we expecting too much or asking the wrong questions?

It is hard to fathom that this month (January) marks a year since I first had a serious conversation with a client about “that weird virus-thing call Corona 19” and only a few weeks later, when I cancelled a meeting due to losing my voice (allergies), the meeting attendee sardonically emailed and texted with emoji’s “Oh no, do you have The ‘Rona…hahahah???” (GROAN….) It seems like a lifetime ago.

[In reality, our family actually started talking about the virus at the dinner table Thanksgiving 2019, as my husband, our son and dinner guests are all in the airline industry and they were already feeling the effects of fear, lighter flight loads and restrictions, but that is the topic of another story….].

None the less, here we are. Older, and uncertain as to wiser, but we are here. And what does this mean?

It means that hope cannot be diminished nor denied. And perseverance and ingenuity will prevail And we keep stepping forward, to engage with 2021, and the future. What that future will look like, only we have the power to create. And isn’t that part of the wonder? The joy, or better yet, the magic of living?

So go forward we must and go forward we will. Not forgetting the moments, days and in many cases, the loves and lives we have lost. But going forward honors their memories, wouldn’t you agree?

So, Happy New Year.

You not only made it to 2021, but also half way through the first month of a new and very unique, year. Let’s keep moving forward. Together.

From all the Versant advisors and staff:

Thank you for believing in us and trusting us during one of the most turbulent times in history.

It will not be forgotten.

Kathleen