It's quiet here now. My tree is up for the season (and will stay up, barring any unforeseen cat incidents). The football game is over for today, and my team won. Dishes are done. I even baked cookies and watched a classic Christmas special today! Laundry was finished yesterday. Since I don't have cable or a TV that works, the only sound in my apartment is the slight click of the keys as I type. The tree I worked on for a couple of hours glows softly in the corner, as the cat sits in her favorite perch, mesmerized by it. Time to take those few, precious breaths I get each week. It's that Sunday evening twilight time before Monday starts my work week again.
A mug of hot cocoa, a warm pink blanket, crocheted by a dear friend, Tiffany style lamps, pictures of family and friends...I look around, and I don't see a non-descript dwelling. I see a home. I see a life carved out. I see me... and it is good.
Rarely in this journey would I have picked beforehand every turn my path has taken. Yet in hindsight, I can see how each turn, each re-direction, each new phase has changed, molded, and re-defined the person I am at this moment.
I've had some time this weekend, even in a flurry of busy-ness, to project in to the upcoming year. I can hardly believe that 2014 is nearly over, and 2015 is less than a month away! The older I get the faster time flies by, and the more aware I become of just how precious each moment is. 2015 is going to bring a slight budget easement for me, as my vehicle will be paid off early in the year. Each little step I take puts me that much closer to the goal. January, 2015 will mark the end of my second year in this lovely apartment, and a brief visit home of my older daughter. April will bring the budget easement I touched on earlier. May will bring weather conducive to decorating my patio again, my youngest daughter's birthday, and planting flowers. June brings a milestone...my oldest will be turning 30. July and August will follow in quick succession. September will bring a meeting with a group of chat friends I "see" each morning for coffee...I'm excited and thrilled for this! October another birthday...November starts the holiday rush...and before I know it...it'll be Christmas time again! I have some other goals that will get squeezed in there throughout the year as I can. Spending time with my children. Starting to save for my long hoped for trip to the U.K. Spending time with friends. Trying new things, having new experiences...because the older I get the more I understand how crucial it is to not take a moment life offers me for granted. My wish this holiday season is that I will keep my eyes open to the richness of my life, and be ever mindful of having a life attitude of gratefulness!
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