Live in the Time of Coronavirus, Pt 22: First Anniversary-What Would You Include?

The traditional 1st-anniversary gift is considered to be paper, while the modern gift is a clock, which commemorates the passage of time over this important first year.

What artifacts would you include on the first anniversary of COVID?

1. paper mask
2. shot record of COVID vaccinations
3. COVID test results, perhaps showing luck or virtue
4. snips of the changing political and social views on mask wearing
5. changed work schedule or filing for unemployment benefits
6. pictures of friends and family that you have not seen for a year
7. cancelled event tickets
8. programs for events never attended
9. invitation to your first post-COVID gathering
10. take-out menus
11. 2020/21 calendars showing how empty life was, except maybe for medical appointments and Zoom meetings
12. diary (see calendar entry)
13. copies of all of the COVID jokes and toilet paper memes sent around by people desperate for a reason to smile or even laugh
14. election memorabilia
15. collection of recipes used this past year
16. pictures of the garden or other hobbies you took up this year
17. lessons plans from home schooling
18. list of lessons learned
19. changing or morphing political/cultural opinions
20. new books read or streaming platforms watched