2025: A Reflection

I wrote a letter similar to this in 2019 and 2020, and thought it was time to bring it back

Dear 2025,

Wow what a year. I have never met a year so full of love and loss and growth.

The year started with being unmoored. Like a ship cast out into the harbor, unanchored and empty. Left to find my way back to shore, find my way back home. I felt like I had truly found the bottom of the pit, and could not see the way out. Truly some of the darkest moments of my life, and had worried that I would not see the light again.

I had love, and then discovered that that love was a facade. I was nothing more than a way to pass the time. I was a toy and when I stopped being fun I was tossed away. I was wrecked, because I truly thought I had found my forever, and my safe harbor. It turns out he was nothing more than a lesson to learn and a cautionary tale.

But all of that led to a stunning finish to the year.

I found my home, a safe place to rest.

I found my community in my job, and my biggest cheerleaders.

I found my heart again, in a man compatible in every way. A man who has truly become my safe harbor and my lighthouse.

So 2025, you gave it your all, and I'm still standing. 2026, I hope you are ready for me because I am ready for you.

Sincerely, Me