Day to Day happenings in my life

What a year

Prompt: 2025. Was it a good year or a bad year? Write about this in your Blog entry today.

That is a good question to ask oneself at the end of a year and I’m loathe to complain, although at times it’s been challenging. Whenever I hear myself complaining about life I’m reminded, usually by my husband, that so many of my cohort aren’t even on this earth anymore.
It is true enough that life is precious and I’m lucky to be here and still able to do the things I do.

And yet 2025 has been difficult in many respects. The hardest was losing our dog, Lucy. She was my birthday present to myself when I was 69. I told her when I met her at aged six weeks, that we’d grow old together and I guess we did, except she didn’t stay the course.

My health and that of my husband wasn’t too great either last year, but it could have been worse.
Our mentally ill daughter has given us the most cause for concern in 2025 and still her grip on life is tenuous as she battles her demons.
The state of the world’s political unrest, although it’s not always front and centre in my mind, seeped into my psyche and unsettled me last year.

Well, they were the downsides, now for the times which brought joy.
John and I reached a milestone 60 years of marriage. Our family came together and gave us an emotional celebration. Our grandchildren and great-grandchildren have given numerous reasons to be proud and smile often throughout the year and will continue to do so I’m sure.

I’m looking forward to starting a new year and hope it’s going to be a good one. I expect it will be a mixed bag like all the other years I’ve been around on this carousel we call life.

Happy New Year to everyone at WdC.