
April was a glorious month, of love ushering back to me, and my daughter getting married in a fabulous wedding in Northern California. It was a month of love.
And all the months that have followed have been beautiful and wonderful and I would be pressed to find any real complaint, in a world filled with so many problems, mine seem so insignificant when compared.
I am in my 49th year now, that date rolled around at the end of August. I don't really feel 49. Frankly I don't feel any different than I did 30 years ago. I am sure 20 somethings, would say, yeah, you are not 20 something,..but I don't feel months from turning 50. Maybe that is the secret of living and staying young, to sort of remain ageless. I am not trying to be 25, but I don't know what 50 is, and I sure don't feel 50. I feel beautiful.
One thing to touch upon, is I came face to face with grief last winter, and I saw it consume me in a way that scared me. I was so immersed in it, that I truly could not see my way out. I realized that grief may me too much for me, that if I am not careful, I won't find my way back. So I have sort of put a self imposed time frame for me in the future and also a mental list of things to do that keep me on track..sort of. Grief is such a part of life, but I suppose it is also in the way we handle it. I don't want to fall of a cliff next time, there may be no branch to grab onto as I fall.
I am just happy right now. I love this time of year so much. I love the Halloween decorations in my neighborhood, and the thick fog, and the beautiful sun when it still shines. I love seeing my breath in the air, and wearing a cap over my head. I love that the days are shorter, and I am tired at 9 at night.
I love knowing we are deep in harvest and going towards the introspective time in our lives. I like the cycles of life.
I don't have anything earth shattering to say or to bestow upon anyone. I feel like my life is like a photo in a magazine for fall entertaining, or family pictures, or a catalog picture that I already have right here. There is so much heartache and deep despair every day, all over, and I feel like it passes me and so many I know by, and that is sometimes hard to really take in, life is such a crap shoot.
Xo