Around the Next Bend

I wrote the first post for this blog a year ago on turning a big -0. I knew not what to expect. More happened than I could have ever imagined.

This time last year I was still (always?) grieving my son’s death but looking forward to a trip to Louisvile with my daughter for my birthday. It was where she was born and where I’d spent six significant years. Last year I was pursuing a deepening friendship with a man after being alone for many years. And I was no longer working at all, for the first time in several decades. Then in January, I was suddenly hospitalized and faced an inner choice to fully live or die in pieces.

So it was a big year, ending in a commitment ceremony in front of family and friends and beginning a new part of my life I’d never dreamed possible.

I wanted to do this blog to share some of my experiences, which I thought could be common to others. So I guess my message today is about hope and awe about life.

Michael Singer admonishes: Don’t close. Not your mind or your heart. “You are only limited by your ability to stay open…. Enjoy all of it.” (The Untethered Soul)

Some times, years, can be so desperately hard. And yet there is so much beauty around the next bend. I’m glad that my faith is not limited by my understanding. I am grateful to continue on the journey, experiencing it as best I can one day at a time. Thank you for sharing it with me.