Happy New Year

New Years... sometimes a time for reflection & other times a time for promise; most years, both. I used to make resolutions until I realized that we should live our lives as we wish and as is good for us & not have to be worrying whether or not we keep a promise we made on New Years Day, which we wonder at the time we made it, why we’re bothering, because we know we won’t keep it anyway. So, since Wayne & I have been together, we make the same resolution, every year, & we haven’t broken it yet. We vow to not make any resolutions on New Years. Problem solved.
New Years is both happy and sad for me. For as long as I can remember, at midnight, I’d call my Dad & wish him a Happy New Year. I knew Mom would be in bed & he’d be ringing in the new year, up alone, so it was my pleasure to be the first to wish him well. So now, after Wayne & I wish each other Happy New Year, 16 years later, I still wish I could reach for the phone & once again call my Dad and make the same wish to him.

So, we ring in each new year with the hope that it’ll be a happy and healthy one for us and all of our loved ones & that those that are experiencing difficulties come through them with as little hurt as possible. I guess that’s all we can wish for.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!