The Culmination of a Year of Travel

View from front porch in Dillon, CO

Happy Holidays and New Year! This is my 3rd holiday with my Tall Man in heaven. It's the first one that I have not been an emotional wreck the whole time. For this this I am grateful!

This has been a year of travel and really searching for the person I am as an "I" and not a "We." I have been somewhere almost every month since January. A cruise, the mountains in Georgia, 2 Alabama beach vacays, Kentucky Lake, a week in Seattle with my brother which also included a trip to Victoria, BC, Germanfest in Hermann, MO with both sisters, Writer's Retreat in Gulf Shores, Branson, and NOLA. (Lol this is edited because I forgot a few!)

I am currently with my dear friend, Marsha and my sister, Eileen (LOL I cannot call her

Eileen!! It's Beans!) at Marsha's house in Dillon, CO. My blessings are too many to count!

It's snowing right now, bringing a peace and calm that only the mountains can bring.

It will be three years for me in April. This whole 2nd year has been a rough, roller coaster ride which has kept me on the run. As I watch the snow falling, I feel an inner peace which has been very elusive. My travels this year have put me in a headspace where I feel like I'm finally moving forward.

Friends, it's so possible to move forward after the trauma of losing a spouse. I am living proof. I have discovered so much about myself during this year of travel. Learning to be happy as an "I" and realizing there is so much life left to be lived.

Happy New Year, Folks! 2025! As always thanks for reading my ramblings!