Consider.....: A NEW YEAR

It seems that only a few short years ago 2023 seemed far, far away from me and now here I am. I was recalling the 60 plus years of New Years' Eves and New Years and they all seemed to involve resolutions which could signal new beginnings. This year I'm just looking at it all a bit differently. I will admit that I wondered how I arrived here so swiftly but then I was filled with gratitude that I was simply "here". So that's where I am on this third day of 2023. Here. No resolutions just a carrying on of "here".

One of my favorite lines from one of my favorite movies, Anne of Green Gables, was spoken by Anne's teacher one morning as school began. She said to her students, "Today is a day with no mistakes in it." That's kind of how I look at things a lot of days. Mistakes come and go. Sorrows come and go. Inside me, though, the joy remains.

With all that dissertation, I will say that The Husband and I were invited to join The Girl, The Son-in-Law, and The Grandbaby on a short trip to the mountains. We saw in the new year in the condo. The next day we spent at Dollywood Amusement Park. We arrived at 10:30. As we were walking along bringing up the rear around 1:30, The Husband said, "Maybe we would do better at this if we spent only half a day." I chuckled and replied, "Actually we've only been here three hours....that's not even half a day!" We both laughed as we realized the reality of the whole conversation. The old bodies are just not what they used to be. In spite of that, we had a wonderful time and actually rode a few rides and enjoyed it. Not many, but a few with The Grandbaby. Here's a pictorial of course...

New Years' Eve....

"Wake me at the countdown, Dad"...."Okay, I will".....there was no waking to be had. Dad tried. So only four of us partiers watched the fireworks from our balcony.