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Allan Fung - "I'm spending a lot of quality time together with my wife!"

Meri - "In 2020, I bought a horse. I started taking riding lessons at the age of 8 and rode several times a week through my first year of college. In grad school, I helped take care of a horse who was given to me when his people couldn't afford to…

Pam & Norton - "I learned that the human spirit is more resilient than I thought possible. There is good in this world, and it comes out in a blaze of glory during hard times."

Robin - "The best part of 2020 has been spending more time with family and friends at our backyard fire pit which my son built for us this spring. Getting away from screens and being outside is a peaceful and calm way to spend an evening."

Silas - "I got a puppy!"

Tara - "Like most Rhode Islanders, I spent a lot more time at home during 2020 than I usually do, and I chose to fill much of that time with reading. At the end of 2019 I had set a goal of reading fifty books in 2020, and I exceeded that way back in…

Looking for a little positivity to take from 2020? Sarah Bouvier, Communication Manager at the Cranston Public Library, has you covered with the CPL Photoessay, pairing portraits of Cranston community members with something positive that came out of…

Phionna-Cayola Claude, a graduate student and hall director at Providence College, reflects on the ways in which the pandemic has influenced her as a student and has gifted her with the opportunity with thoughtful and meaningful reflection. She…

Me after my second shot with a team of vaccinators from the Asthenis vaccination site at Providence Career & Technical Academy. Pictured left to right: Pharmacist, Dr. Eugenio Fernandez, Jr., Becca Bender, Marie Rodriguez, Claire Burbridge.

Kylie Taylor is a freshman environmental biology major at Providence College. Hailing from the northwest corner of Massachusetts, she talks about the ways in which the pandemic affected her senior year of high school, freshman orientation, and…