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Grief and Running the Course

grief · May 15, 2019

Grief and Running the Course

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Happy New Year! It's 2020, and hopefully the new year will bring all of us an opportunity to see things more clearly than we have in the past decade. I hope we can go deeper- within our selves, in our friendships, in all of our relationships. I hope we can collectively pursue radical honesty and make space for even the most eccentric and questionable expressions of our authentic selves.
We stayed in Atlanta for the holidays, and I am currently navigating some sort of late holiday abyss, no longer oriented to time or day of the week. There's a notable, relieving absence of the typical pace of responsibilities, activities and events. Space opens up to reflect and plan. I have spent a lot of time sitting by the fire and feel like I could do a lot more of that for at least the next year. I'm tired of reading, tired of resolutions, and tired of planning my next project. I think for awhile I just want to be. I want to listen better, be more available, but also honor when I want to do nothing, without providing an explanation to myself or anyone else. In 2020, I foresee meaningful work, focus, and a lot of love. I think it's going to be a good one for me, and I hope it will be for you, too!

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I went car shopping recently with Dusty and we sto

I went car shopping recently with Dusty and we stopped by a Tesla dealership. We sat inside a car that functioned like an iPhone, and marveled at the touch-screen technology and impressive design. When we stepped out, we encountered a Tesla owner who was happy to tell us all about owning a Tesla. In his most helpful tone, he suggested that we might really like a different model, the one with the knobs. He said people who are older and less tech-savvy tend to like it.
We nodded appreciatively, but as we walked away I leaned over to Dusty and asked, “Did he just call us old and not tech-savvy?”
“Yep.”
We have been laughing about it ever since. I settled on a Tacoma, and I have to say I really love the simplicity of the knobs. Anything else would likely overwhelm my Gen-X cognitive processing deficits.
As another year comes to a close, I hope we can laugh freely at the passing of time as much as we grieve. I hope we can love the ages we are, knowing that numbers and years cannot contain us. Embrace the holidays this year as they are, finding what and who you can celebrate now. Try not to get lost in what Christmas used to be or in the perfect ideals of what you try to make it.

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