Tomorrow will be the end of another year, a year I never actually thought I’d see and live through when I was just a young girl/woman. I think even when I became middle-aged, the idea of being here in 2025 seemed far-fetched. But it came and is now going and I was here for the entire time. Guess I should look back and see if there’s anything momentous for which I should pat myself on the back….beyond surviving that is.

          Actually, when thinking of momentous, I believe those experiences are far behind me. There were no births or extreme changes in my life; at least nothing  that really stands out. Time flew by and it seemed as though passage of the seven days between filling up the weekly pill case happened almost overnight.

          There were no big purchases, trips, or losses to remember and I know I should be and am grateful for the even course my life traveled. My health remained very good which enabled me to live alone with just Kuma as my housemate.

          I did make one new friend, having always thought that once you reached this age, new friendships didn’t happen. There were some deaths which which left a number of holes in the weave of my life  where those folks no longer reside. I do miss those individuals and the knowledge they are no longer a phone call or lunch date away saddens me.

Looking back, I see that in so very many ways, my life in 2025, while not very momentous, was good, very good and for that and the ease with which I traversed that time, I am very very thankful. Now, in one mor day, it’s on to 2026, another year which seemed, not all that long ago, to be far far away.