New Year

This day brings an official New Year to all of us, and as the days lengthen I am thinking of my sisters in caregiving, and missing their company and laughter and ready understanding.

I am also thinking of the millions of people going through this grief and trauma without the blessed support of sisterhood like we have built (thanks to Senior Peer Counseling) here in our beautiful Valley,  

I am also thinking that my pledge to myself for the New Year will be: “Help me to not feel so sorry for myself. Help me to remember that grief and loss are part of life and joy, that I am not alone in this travail, and that there will be peace in the end.”