What a year …
25 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
OK, so it’s almost February, which is just a little bit late to be doing a 2011 retrospective post. But 2011 was an enormous year for me, difficult and wonderful, inspiring and heart-breaking, so it’s not surprising that it’s taken me this long to really make sense of things.
The year started out with my husband of nearly 25 years moving out, in the middle of January. It was utterly the right thing for us to do, to separate, but dear god, how hard the beginning of the year was because of it.
So without sharing way more than I want to share or you want to read, here’s a totally unordered list of things that happened in 2011:
- survived the dissolution of my nearly 25-year marriage
- learned to live on my own, for the first time in my life
- didn’t succumb to any of my major addictions – no sugar, no booze – just a bit of overspending
- joined a Buddhist community and ended up taking refuge vows
- took a vacation by myself for the first time ever
- took a 6-hour road trip on my own (furthest I’ve ever driven without company)
- tried doing NaNoWriMo for the first time since 2006, and failed miserably
- found serenity and peace even in the midst of grief through meditation
- salvaged a critical friendship out of the ruins of a marriage
- discovered strength I didn’t know I had
- made friends with my fear
I don’t know what the rest of my life holds, but I survived last year, and even managed to thrive. Universe, please don’t take this as a request for more test, ‘kay? But I’m doing pretty damned well, and am looking forward to more life in my life in the coming months and years.
