Happy New Day! Here we are smack dab in the middle of a new month, the first month of a brand new year and I am not feeling the newness; I am not feeling optimism usually associated with a new year (particularly when coupled with a new administration); I am not feeling UP.
Maybe because the cold hasn't fully left my body. My right eye is phlegmy and sensitive. However, it is responding positively to treatment. For that, I am grateful.
Still, it is a new year, a new administration, a new drive to speak up, stand up, be present, and a re-commitment to that which brings me joy and hopefully comfort to others; writing letters. A colleague of my son's was just diagnosed with breast cancer. I shared the Girls Love Mail program with him as a way to support others as well as his colleague.
Happy New Day! for I am taking on this year, one day at a time; treating, acting, addressing, art-ing, writing, sharing, caring . . as the day presents, unfolds.
Happy Birthday to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. May his wisdom, words, and strength embolden us all to live out loud.
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Happy New Day.
ReplyDeleteAnd also to you.
DeleteHappy Birthday Doctor King! Your words will sustain us through these difficult times.
ReplyDeleteYes.
DeleteThanks for the lemonade, MG! Yes, one day at a time...
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. One day, one step.
DeleteHappy as it unfolds day!
ReplyDeleteI wish the (white) media and schools didn't turn MLK into such a kumbaya message when really he was slapping us upside the head with some hard sense. We needed it then, and we still need it today. Maybe even more today.
Please extend my email to your son's friend if she wants someone to talk to. Been there, done that.
The moments count.
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I shall.
Thank you.
Happy New Day! Love your last paragraph. It is hard to feel UP with the inauguration coming. I love the letter writing--i don't write letters so much but I love sending cards. So much more personal than social media or email. I hope things look up soon!
ReplyDeleteOh cards!!! Yes!
DeleteDoing what I can to swing higher. :-)
One day at a time. I think that's all we can ever do. I'm off to read the letter writing site too. I love that idea.
ReplyDeleteIt is harder than one might think. Our minds want to race ahead.
DeleteThe support is much appreciated.