Family News | COVID | World Protests - 2020 has been a big year globally for continued protest. We hope you take the time to learn about many other protests not mentioned here | Potpourri |
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What is Heart
Paul and Alicia's business, Straight from the ____, changed course after March offering only Telehealth sessions online
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What is 60
Celebrating quietly this year due to COVID 19, both Paul and Alicia turned this age... or what is otherwise known as 4 cubed minus 4
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What is Black Lives Matter
This movement, which got its official name in 2003 in the U.S., gained immense international momentum this year
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Who are Jerome and Lexy
Omar, a scrappy puppy named after a character on TV's The Wire, joined this family of two
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What is Cherry
In addition to looking after two adorable 9 month old twins once a week, Francis works at a local market named ____ Sprout, the first name being a summer tree fruit
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What is Ireland
COVID cancelled many trips this year, including Francis's trip to this Emerald Isle where he had planned to volunteer for a year working in a community with people who are developmentally disabled
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What is India
People in this country achieved the largest general strike (~250 million people) in human history on November 26, 2020
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What is St. Louis
Paul's mom is a "Snow bird," wintering in Florida and his dad celebrated 85 years with a big party in Paul's hometown of ____
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What is June
The pandemic made it so Jenna will finish her degree online; she will hopefully graduate in what month of 2021
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Who is James Baldwin
COVID has given many people more time to read; what author does Jenna hope to read more of this year who has a famous quote saying, "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced"
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What is Hong Kong
Protests surged in this nation following a plan (now sidelined) that would have allowed extradition to mainland China; current protests are just one chapter in this place's deep protest history
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What is a tattoo
Jenna got her first ____ which is on her thigh and bears the name of one of her best friends since birth, Julia
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What is a deck
Jerome and his girlfriend Lexy moved into the house Jerome grew up in as a toddler, building this structure in the backyard to enjoy the few months of sun we get here in Portland
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What is Pabst Blue Ribbon
Beloved by hipsters everywhere, this beer company fired Jerome in September
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What is ENDSARS
#_____ is the movement in Nigeria that gained wider attention in October of this year after after protesters were met with extreme state violence
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What is a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
What the Richards Stretch family wishes you this holiday season
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