Embrace the New
Happy New Year, friends!! We've closed out 2021...good riddance...and said hello to 2022! I've told you all before that I am not that "New Year, New Me" kinda girl. Thats not my jam. However, something is to be said about saying adios to the shit show that was the last two years. I am still me (like it or not)...but sometimes new everything else is desperately needed. Friends, 2021 was a HARD year. It challenged me in ways that I was not prepared or ready for. It stretched me - emotionally, mentally and physically - and left me with both memories and scars. I am not ready yet to say 'thank you'...but maybe someday, I will be. Maybe someday, I can forgive the heartbreak, the pain, the lessons, and the misfortunes and I can smile at the good times, the adventures and the many memories of friendship and laughter. For now, I am just so grateful that the one last punch to the gut by the hardest year on record, spared the life of my little brother. I don't kno