exhale

*** Tried to post this last night but I had technical problems. Don't I always! ***


This has been a long year. Correction: these have been a long couple of years. Ok, these have been a long several years. Still, 2008 exhausted me. Lately, I was feeling as though things might not get better anytime soon, which, given my eternal optimism, was a fairly awful sensation to experience.

Then at last, today, the return of hope...

My mother received some exciting new offers. Yes, plural. This, combined with Clara's successes, has lifted a huge weight of me. And while we all realize that it is going to take each of us some time to recover from the traumas of this year, the consensus is that we will. That's improvement!

So, I know that 2008 is not officially over for a couple of weeks, but I am going to say farewell tonight. This moment, this is a new beginning. Now as Alison pointed out, change takes time, but a new start just happens. Things haven't changed yet. I know this. There's a lot of healing to do. Change is going to require a dedication and conviction that will undoubtedly test our (non-existent) reserves. It's going to require a whole lot of hard work. Still, I think I am up for it.

Here's looking forward to 2009 and a new world of possibilities.