Possibilities

Seems like life is always re-teaching me lessons I think I've already learned.

We had a few different invitations from people who were kind enough to ask us to help them ring in the new year. My husband and I went back and forth on how we would try to navigate the night and at one point, the conversation actually got a bit heated because we couldn't agree on what we wanted to do. Finally, I broke down into tears and said, "I have just come off of a month of non stop celebrations that I faced with a very heavy heart and I may just not want to do ANYTHING!" He understood and said he would leave it up to me.

After the tears subsided, the guilt started to set in. My husband is a very hard worker and I can see as he ages the toll it's starting to take on him. He's also very good about going along with plans that are made for him without his consent throughout the year, his standard response being, "That's fine. Whatever you want to do." So I, with a bit of trepidation, agreed that we would go wherever he wanted to go and if I was having a hard time emotionally, I would let him know.

Enter lesson - I had the most fun I have had in a very long time! We ate wonderful food, laughed, recalled humorous events from days gone by and laughed some more, watched a bit of the Three Stooges marathon (at my husbands insistence) and laughed at what idiots they are, played Scattegories and laughed some more. We literally laughed so much that my face hurt by the time the evening was over. I even had a smile on my face as I lay my head on my pillow at about 12:15 a.m. or so when the phone rang and it was my husband's friend on the other end screaming with delight, "Bands that begin with an E...The EAGLES!!!!" Hey, I thought I was pretty good to come up with the Eurythmics but apparently he liked his answer better.

So this is the lesson I re-learned last night, ALWAYS stay open to the possibilities...no matter what.

New Year...new possibilities.

xo,
Carrie