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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…

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…

Silas - "I got a puppy!"

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."

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."

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…

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

Maryna & Family - "We are thankful in 2020 for the ability to explore and discover more places in Beautiful Rhode Island! We were tourists in our own state from March- now! Love where you live!"

Mary Ann - "I learned new ways to video communicate with family and friends across the country, attend meetings, such as the Library Board of Trustees, and keep health appointments with my dietician rather than just phone chats. During the pandemic,…

Marisa - "When schools closed the world also seemed to shut down, and my hectic schedule came to a grinding halt. As someone who has spent most of her life either as a student or working in a school, seeing how education was re-built has opened my…