It’s the beginning of a new year, and I’m full of enthusiasm and optimism for fun, frolics and future adventures. But I’m also feeling a tad pensive (not in a bad way) about how quickly this New Year came around, and how quickly last year flashed by. Am I really getting older!!? I certainly don’t feel it.

But time has a way of catching us unawares. It really does seem just like yesterday that we bought our first house together, bought our first old ‘jalopy’, welcomed our children in to the world. Where on earth did all those years go? I have to confess that it’s caught me a bit by surprise that I’m now considering retirement. I'm also shocked that I sound just like my mother when she said exactly the same thing 😲.

I remember seeing older people through the years, knowing that I was ages away from being ‘older’. And now here I am.

Of course the great advantage to all this, is that I’m entering a new season of life with my sons grown up, my beautiful daughters in law that I hadn’t yet known when I was younger. And then of course my completely gorgeous, delightful, perfect grandson, who I watch in awe as he grows 😍😍.

So if you haven’t reached this new season yet, let me just remind you that it creeps up on you faster than you can imagine.

And if one day we don’t remember, we need our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren to remember for us. To put all the things that make us ‘us’ in a beautiful box with treasured photos of wonderful memories. This is how our memories live on with future generations.

So let 2024 be the year that you accomplish what you set out to do, don’t put things off, and don’t make excuses.

Live well. Enjoy today and every day. Be happy. Make memories.