Life: Unedited

I set myself a few goals this year. Nothing grandiose, more like tasks, really. Things I could do and then look at and say yup, did that. One of the things I decided to do this year is gratitude journaling. Maybe you’ll have a little better day because of it. And maybe you'll even share it with me. I'd be most grateful.

We lost a friend recently, and all the usual things got said at the wake. I said some of them and wished I could have thought of something better to say than I’m sorry. I also reflected on whether we're living life while we've got it.

I like to reflect on the past, smile at the good things, scowl at the bad and look for ways that it can inform my present. Today I’m reflecting on the year that we called 2016, which was pretty damn interesting, in that Ancient Chinese Curse kind of way. Here’s how it went.

I started to hate my house for a lot of reasons. It wasn’t until I asked why that I started to feel hopeful again.

When I got married I had so many dishtowels that I started giving them away because I didn’t think it was possible for a human to ever need that many dishtowels in a lifetime. Recently I found myself in search of a dishtowel and instead I found a memory.

We had plans for Christmas, but the universe had other ideas. Our cat was sick, and we had no idea what was wrong. I remind myself that the universe is indifferent, but we are not. It’s a blessing and a curse.