Holiday Family Album 2016

We brought in the new year with dear friends, but before our family went off in our different directions, we pre gamed 2017 with our children and their loves. My daughter had a bottle of champagne she'd been given back when she graduated college in May, and she wanted to share it with us. I was kind of tickled that our kids wanted to celebrate New Year's Eve with their parents before everyone took off to be with our age cohorts. We broke open the bubbly and all sat around the counter and toasted and shared stories and laughed. My heart swelled, being with them, enjoying them, secretly wondering if this was a peek into our future. Then before we all split up to ring in the new year at our different venues, we posed for photos together. Even my son allowed it. Who knows what 2017 will bring. I hope for more of the good from the year just past, as well as for extravagant and wonderful surprises that will lift us higher still. Happy New Year all you beautiful people who read here. Thanks for riding shotgun on the roller coaster that was 2016. May the coming year be good to you, and may we all rise to the challenges before our world. You know what? I think we will.

And here's a photo of me with two of the loveliest young women in the world. They are very much alike, these two, quick to laugh, wildly witty, with such tender hearts. The second picture is of my daughter and me two nights ago. She took me to see Chicago on Broadway. We had such a blast together. The tickets were my Christmas present, but the true joy was the delight in spending time with my girl. 

Happy 2017 everyone!

Please share (or think) one thing you wish for your life this year.

Wishes have power.