One-Year Anniversary of the Pandemic is Approaching As we continue to get closer to the one-year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic, it feels like we are getting closer to normal, or our new normal. Texas joined the growing list of states that stopped the mask mandate. Some spectators are allowed back into sporting events and the movie theaters are opening at a limited capacity. How to approach the "new normal" We took normal for granted until it wasn't normal any longer. So what will the new normal really look like? One thing we can do is change our approach to it. I heard a message recently where we were asked if we are being buried or planted by the pandemic.