But my favorite things in 2011 somehow trump all that misery. One benefit of blogging is the chance to look back. “Come what may,” was the phrase I used at the end of 2010. Now I know all the “what mays” that have come. I chose to highlight a few of my favorite things:
- seeing the pleasure of a granddaughter as she gave us a made-from-nature, woodpecker ornament for the tree
- enjoying a rare week in the Colorado Mountains with nearly the whole family
- finding a new place to live for one family member
- watching the swan pair nest, raise their young and teach them to fly (their gain, our loss)
- sharing the beauty of wildflowers and tall grasses with eager school kids
- listening to creative word combinations from writers in our extraordinary GR Writer’s Group
- meeting this year’s classes of eager memoir writers
- hearing God’s Good News every Sunday and striving to live it during the week
Here’s to many beautiful “what mays” in the New Year!