A New Chapter

 Everything in our life which has brought us to where we are today, we should be thankful for it all--- the good and the bad. It is what has defined us and we are surviving and at times thriving from all of the strengths which have gotten us this far.

It is the challenges that help mold, define and strengthen us. Even though we may feel weak, we survive it with the skills we have created and developed. We have survived them all. That is monumental.  

I think of all of the people surviving wars, depressions, disasters but we also must survive loneliness, emptiness--ourselves. Today is the last day of carefree days with my daughter, Hannah. Nursery school is over. Soon she’ll be 9-3:30… home, homework, dinner, bath, bedtime--- the grind. She’ll be part of it.  I’ll miss her. I’ll be lonely. My baby is growing up. I feel happiness and sadness. A new chapter is ready to begin.

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