The Day After

Ah, it’s the day after XMAS and it already feels good. Spending a day with the family is always a treat for me; I had a great time as usual. For the first time, all the siblings and nephews played a game of soccer on a very sunny XMAS day. We may not have been the fastest nor the most agile, but we were definitely ONE family united and having one hell of a time. Maybe we’ll make it a tradition. Unfortunately, I hurt my left knee and I’m feeling some soreness today. Yet it’s all good, I get a day off from work and I get to relax a little.

I just finished a big breakfast and will be cleaning up, before possibly heading out for a day and catching a movie, maybe? Hmmm! Or possibly, I’ll stay home and be a sort of vegetable. I’ve got options and a little freedom.

I’m looking forward to the start of the New Year. I have a feeling it’s going to be an interesting year. I can’t wait to start working on my book and painting again. My LITTLE people have been waiting idly.

The piece here is titled, “Kickballing.” As a kid, I loved playing kickball; I loved the competition, the camaraderie, the feeling of freedom after kicking the ball as hard as I could and running around the bases, home. Free! I had a little bit of that feeling yesterday while playing soccer and afterwards building a human pyramid with the people I most love.

May you have a fabulous last couple of days before the New Year and may the resolutions, beginning to form, be ones that will bring you the greatest of joys.

“Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?” – Rose F. Kennedy

It's time to sing a new song and to take delight in even the simplest of pleasures. Cheers to ALL!