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Category: The Year in Review

PAST YEAR REFLECTIONS & MUSINGS ON 2024…GOOD NEWS, HAPPENINGS, ENTERTAINMENT, AND A THOUGHT OR TWO.

The past year was amazingly on so many levels! I did my best to give love and I received so much love in return. I was very fortunate to have a unique partner sharing the day’s moments whether simple or profound, as well as transformative. Travels near and…

REFLECTIONS ON THE PAST YEAR

2022 was amazing on so many levels! Wonderful moments with family, friends, and an adventure or two. After Marla’s doctor gave the “OK” for European travel we were all in for 3 weeks. It was a hard recuperation! I was overly excited and take full responsibility…

MUSINGS ON THE PAST YEAR…AN ABUNDANCE OF HAPPINESS AND JOY TEMPERED WITH TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS

Where do I even begin? The year has been like a dream of a never-ending roller coaster. There were wonderful moments of elation and supreme happiness mixed with scary nightmarish moments out of our control. I’ll share a few thoughts as I look back at this year…

2020… FROM THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR TO OPTIMISM AND HOPE

Charles Dickens said it best in his “Tale of Two Cities”, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity…

2019 FAVORITE AND MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES OF THE YEAR

What an amazing year! I will share some of my favorite images of 2019. Family, happy events, somber moments, and personal discoveries. There were instances of beautiful transformation along with challenges and pain. These are times of holding those who are dear to you,…really, really close. I caught…