Well, this year of blogging was an unmitigated disaster.

As it goes however, I choose to be kind to myself.

Not going to sugarcoat it, I failed spectacularly in just about every endeavor I imagined back in January. Then March came in like a lion and forgot to leave. All these months of stress eating, starving myself, and stress eating once again and I’m right back to where I was this past January. Damn. Through all of the disordered eating one thing shined through. I told myself that I would not go back to the old habit of overindulging and then just saying “go for it” and lose track of calories for a while. If I fell off the apple cart, I just dusted off and jumped right back on. (Yes, that was a play on falling “off the wagon”)

COVID took our year from us. All the hopes and dreams we had this year have been replaced with caution and illness. We will get back to something of a “new normal” and it will be good. We may not get this year back, and we must grieve for those lost, but we need to close the chapter and move forward. Let’s honor the lives lost by living the best lives we can.

Yours in peace and harmony,

Charlene