As I started preparations this morning for the return to work tomorrow after Christmas and looked toward plans for New Year’s Eve , I realized that I felt totally different than any time in my memory. Now I have never been a big fan of New Year’s celebrations and the belief that the beginning of a new year is some …
No New Year’s Resolutions for Me
Every year I start out by making one or more New Year’s resolutions. And every year, long before we are even half way through, those resolutions are long forgotten. When they do come to mind, then I feel badly about once again not having succeeded in meeting whatever goals I had set. I feel like a failure. So this year, …
The Best Holidays Ever
I wonder why it sometimes takes me so long to understand things. Each year as I take out the ornaments and decorate the tree, my mind wanders to the holidays of the past and all of the memories of Christmases past. I keep trying to hold on to all of the traditions of those times and going home to be …