It's important to sum up the year on December the 31st. Kind of close the door on it, if you will. Last year I wanted to slam the fucker. This year, not so much, more of a fond farewell. All in all it was a year of settling in after adjusting to major changes, taking on new challenges, and forging ahead all around. It was also a year with many new people in my life for the first time in a while. I mean, I was often meeting people before, but usually colleagues and spouses of colleagues of my ex-husband. Not really people you'd become close friends with but more like social-gathering-type acquaintances. This year it's been friends from martial arts, both new and old-but-now-closer, one or two from school, and even some new mom-friends now that the littler dude is competing in gymnastics as well.
Looking back on the year always makes me feel humble in the face of life's blessings. I don't know that gratitude has the proper range of feeling to describe how lucky I feel to be as free as I am. One main thing that I carry with me always is appreciation for the people, opportunities, and abilities in life. And I recognize that opportunities often come disguised as clusterfucks, and that sometimes you have to wade through a fairly wide river of shit to reach the side with the soap and towels. With any luck at all, the boys will see that it's almost always worth it to step in.
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