2019 exhausted me more than giving birth or having a heart attack.
None of you want me to recap the public reasons for why I might feel this way and the personal ones are, well, personal.
The survival method for both have been the same–by writing and cooking. Much thanks must go to having to do both for these posts and I’m grateful for the interest and readership they’ve engendered. I hope I’ve given back some with the sites I’ve discovered this year and come to love. We all need a collective hug.
A list of a few of the people who have kept me sane, along with a sample of their work, would include (in no particular order):
Shero: I Read the 300 Page Intel Report So You Don’t Have To
Ordinary Times: Start the Day With a Beautiful Day
bereavedand beingasingleparent: Little Things
The Used Life: On Being a Late Bloomer
I Didn’t Have My Glasses On…: a plan
Rachelmankowitz: A Greek Orthodox Funeral
Edge of Humanity Magazine (basically anything they post)
And to round this out, I present a few of my own posts. Not sure they’re the best but you liked them:
Hand-in-hand, forward to surviving 2020!
so glad you made it through, thanks for the shout out, and here’s to 2020!
Your posts and support have been a great push! And yes, saying yes! To 2020!
You’re awesome and creatively unique as usual!
Happy New Year💌
I love you, my dear(!)