Definitely a new year

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Happy 2024 to you! Despite suffering a small cold, I feel a lot like the mini figure pictured above. My youngest daughter sent me this photo a few days ago when she was putting together a Lego set. This chap's impish grin reflects how I'm feeling as January gets underway, so let me explain....

It's sunny today, also a little cool, one reason for my enthusiasm. Little by little the days are getting longer, what's not to like about that?

Yesterday my hubby and I went to the beach with dear friends who we haven't seen in a long time. The waves were large and impressive, the camaraderie marvelous.

The latest manuscript read-through continued this morning, an enjoyably easy way to delve into the writing as well as entertain myself, LOL! I'm happy with this initial peek at this first draft, stoking my interest in the next installment of this series.

But mostly, I am EVER SO GRATEFUL this year begins for me without the scepter of agonizing heartache. Who wouldn't be, right? Twelve months ago feels like much longer away, or maybe I'm truly coming to terms with the beloved we lost and how precious is this day. This day introduces new plans, innocent pleasures, post nasal drip irritating the back of my throat, but that's a small irritant. Better is how bright are the sun's rays, even if masked behind the treeline. How fabulous are New Year's greetings from loved ones, how unknown is a fresh set of months which aren't that different from those recently enjoyed except that 1 January makes me feel like, "Yeah, it's a new year. New ideas, new hopes, new dreams."

New novels, quilts, mindsets, dietary choices, ahem.... LOL! Lots of newness all around, as though the world was shuttled into a rift, hurled into a different universe. 2024 isn't much altered from 2023, but it feels wholly changed. It's one more chance to step into life with fresh eyes, renewed hearts, strengthened resolves. It's silly is what it is, but sometimes silly is SO NECESSARY.

Whatever 2024 means or brings to you, I wish for peace, joy, and all that makes you grasp life with energy, much like a mini fig settled into a spaceship ready to explore an uncharted galaxy!

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