2020 started out business as usual…until COVID-19 upset the applecart!
“perii, plaustrum perculi
(I am done for, I’ve upset my wagon!)”
2020 turned out to be a year of reflection, recalibration, and resilience.
2020 was the year that told us: “Whoa! Take a step back!” It was painful. There were some dark moments when we had fleeting thoughts of “the end” as we cancelled everything and faced a lockdown with no certain outcome. And we weren’t just thinking of business… COVID-19 took its toll indiscriminately across our community.
2020 forced us to think about what’s important (toilet paper? Haha!) and what we can do without. We decided to roll with the punches and came up with new ways of going about our business (aka our lives) and, in many ways, found improvement and opportunity. Many little discoveries (or re-discoveries?) paved the way for a better way of doing things.
“七転八起 [Nana korobi ya oki]
(Fall down 7 times; get up 8 times.)”
We fell down 7 times in 2020. Come 2021, we are rising up for the 8th time!
We’d like to thank our customers for all the support. We could not have seen this year through without you. Our community is the best. From the time we re-opened after lockdown, not once did we have a problem with anybody refusing to follow Public Safety rules. You were all very understanding, cooperative and caring and we love you for it!
A very special thank-you to the people in the front lines. You kept us safe and you kept us going. (Canada Post, we love you!)
With that, we give you our 2021 New Year greetings. 明けましておめでとうございます。Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu. May the Year of the Ox pull us forward, slowly but surely!