29 December 2005

On the Other Hand...

Yeah, the tail-end of 2005 has been rather spectacularly craptacular.

My dad died.

My aunt died.

My mom went to the funeral home to see her beloved sister laid out, and took a spill, and she's in the hospital in enormous pain, and completely unable to move her leg.

And I have no prospects for theatrical work.

So it's time for me to focus on the things I have to be grateful about.

  1. I saw my father several times this past summer. He knew how I felt about him, I knew how he felt about me. It had all been said. Nothing to regret.

  2. I've reconnected with my brothers & sisters.

  3. I've made a bunch of new friends.

  4. I got a beloved new camera.

  5. Despite the departure of the Lagemæ, I'm still blessed with two amazing friends in the city. Four, actually. Well, five.

  6. The fact that my heart can survive rejection means that it can also put itself out there again.

  7. Long walks in the city.

  8. There is, indeed, so much simple beauty in the world that sometimes it makes my heart ache.


I'm sure the more I think about it, the more this list is gonna grow.

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