On the last day of the year

We’re home. So happy about that. Being with the children and the grandson was great, but my goodness, we’ve both been so sick most of our time there. Of course the jetlag isn’t helping, but we are feeling better now that we’re out of the cold.

I’ve been thinking about the past year and although I feel it leans a bit to being a hard, sad year, I can still list quite a few happy moments. So I guess it was just a normal year, with normal ups and downs. That’s life, after all. It’s just a matter of remembering the good things.

I want to remember seeing my youngest daughter getting married, admiring this beautiful grown up woman and realizing that’s my baby girl.

I want to remember how great it was to have my daughter, our son-in-law and our grandson here for two weeks.

I want to remember our grandson starting to recognize us and the way he says oma and opa.

I want to remember how powerful and capable I felt after cutting down several trees in our garden. All by myself. With a handsaw.

I want to remember Thursday phonecalls with my father. Every single Thursday since my mom died in 2020, until September 1st this year, when he left us too. And we usually talked for at least an hour.

I want to remember that my body was capable to restore itself back to health after being sick quite a lot. It can do that.

I want to remember that I stood up for myself when it was really important.

I want to remember how much I loved getting back to blogging (a few times 😉 ) and seeing people are still reading and commenting.

I want to remember all the things I did, tried, learned.

I want to remember the song of the birds, the fresh breeze, the vibrant blue skies, the soft rain, the twinkling stars.

I want to remember all the kind, friendly and caring people I encountered this year.

I want to remember how good it felt to come home to the island every single time (4 times this year! we’ve been away a lot). I still struggle with living so far away from our family, but this truly is home.

I also want to remember the shift I felt, deep down in my heart, while writing this post. Focusing on the good really helps.

Wishing you all a great new year’s eve and an very happy New Year