Monday, December 30, 2019

Peace Out 2019

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1rQI4IK6aTl517IJLj_TFTagC86UQ8Gt5

How to reflect on the year 2019, that is my big self question? 

2019 is a year that I have never been so excited to say goodbye to.  I am throwing the smelly bag of memories to the curb and moving on.  Instead of reflecting on the struggles and hardships...I am choosing to snapshot the things that helped me to escape my reality, brought joy to my heart, and filled my soul.

January: Sledding in the park with King Ralph, M and her guy
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1KwZm9laTr_aYJTcMHw_EEWatkrv98d9-

February: Traveling to Washington DC to meet my great nephewhttps://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1uHvdc0Noe2t86TCTZ2J3IqvndNIbvzRc

March: A spring break trip south to the beach in “The Vessel” to soak up the sun renewed my fighting spirit 
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1N6Rk6t2wg-yylfHO95h6F0l7o1eWlga5

April: The Make-A-Wish 5k that I walk every year with my constant walking pal was tiring for me, but it was for cause nearest and dearest to my heart
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1n7v9olqIG71ttYXQieWSCBLh-rCW-j3w

May and June: Cashing in our Christmas gift request of “the gift of time”https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1B1nha8iLkcJ7mIFKyzid8Yh4Gkgr8w5_

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1G98cy8sl_KwowQA5MJYrBavspfwUMdKO

July and August: Seeing all the wedding planning come together, with a shower and the wedding on Jekyll Islandhttps://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1jjwJQZkVmIepBwWrqvWZZHKbI2_FynDM

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1qBAV9nayAZBgVJAy881IQ0EOtzbEHPyx

July also gave us some escape time to chase lighthouses in the U-P of Michigan and to get in some hiking https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1XmPVwq8Kc4p9stI9D4GHrf44n6yXZGJu

October: Celebrated D turning 25 years old in our traditional fashion of dinner and the theater
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1rnusFolQU4KGYijsS0bMbPmA72uomlq5
November and December: The months were all about family…and food! 
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=180LUaPpCEpzwOKhXkpm_jPWnDHEM3J-C

If I were to say I’d never look back at 2019, well that would be a fib.  As hard as this year has been it taught me to appreciate my friends more, love my family bigger and pause to soak in the small things. I stop to dance in the bathroom when I am readying for work, spend hours putting a puzzle together, https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1IdUNg2vQByZvK3jTHvEA83dshLk3bqsv
watch a bit of frivolous television, walk to the coffee shop and read under the sun in a lawn chair...you know pause to love life just a little more...reminding myself the joys of being a survivor.

With that said, I look forward to making more memories being made in the new year. So bring on 2020! 
Ready or not here I come! 

1 comment:

Lin said...

Wow! What a year! So many highs and lows. I hope 2020 is a better year for many people.