Turning over another year

"To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be humane." - Jane Harrison, English classical scholar

To my friends and family and those other special individuals I meet along the way, who exhibit these traits so effortlessly, who reach out to me in kindness, who love me for no good reason, who inspire and envelop me with their humble strength: thank you.

As I blow out the birthday candles this year, I am reminded of just how lovely and maddening and fulfilling ordinary life is, in a way I have not felt before. It is with a contented puff that the flame is extinguished, and the wish is realized.

Be well.