There was a brief window of late summer/ early autumn where for much of the country, life was a bit easier. Things like being able to hold our Brownies in the park for 6 weeks, we even managed to hold two indoor sessions before the restrictions tightened. If it was allowed and open in 2020, it is going to happen this year, to more of the country. We're in a better position with the vaccinations and improving rapidly.
I'm very optomistic for life feeling much better April-September. I knew I'd find the winter tough, I have no love for it at the best of times, but even before vaccine progress, putting my hope towards the signs of spring approaching and actual spring arriving and the end of the respiritory illness season. I didn't put much thought into what winter would be like other than upgrading to a huge weatherproof coat and wellies for a lot more outside time 
Beyond that? I don't know. I don't expect total normal, but we will be in a far better position to reduce the load on the NHS and not having to rely on it with crude lockdowns and social isolation. So I think this time next year will be better than this point.
It will be a happy day when stadiums, and conference centres are full again. That will be the real return of normal, and the security to be able to plan and carry out events. But between now and that hazy point, there is much that will happen far, far sooner that will make us feel better.
And it's so hard for children. My 10yo commented a month ago that he can't remember what normal is, missing things like friends phoning on a wet Sunday, going swimming together and round to one of our houses to play. I've had school on the phone today discussing what we can do to try and ease my 7yo's lonliness as he's lost all social confidence and friendships wasted away in the first lockdown and he didn't rebuild them when he went back to school because of the damage done.
Better is coming soon. Already, daylight is stretching out and the world less dark than a month ago, litterally and metaphorically.