It’s that time of year again, so grab a journal and a pen, or a partner and a drink, or a whole crew of friends and a potluck, and mull over where you’ve been and where you’re going.
What a great list of questions! Our family of nine will be together New Year's Eve. These questions should allow us all, ages 8 to 80, to reflect together on another year. Happiest of holidays to you and yours, Courtney!
What an interesting & challenging list. I often feel like I answer such questions through the most recent two weeks of my life, so I'll try to dig back to earlier parts of the year to mine my reflections.
Curious-- is the hospice question intended to uncover what you're tenderly helping, or what you're feeling will soon be leaving you? Or something else? That word conjures a lot for me, so interested to learn your intention with that particular prompt?
It came from my reading of Hospicing Modernity - an amazing book, which talks about the ways in which we are in a season of hospicing so much societally.
Thank you Courtney. We discussed some of these suggestions during Christmas dinner. They opened up interesting and meaningful discussions. It contributed significantly to the evening together.
Love this question about most fun night of the year - my first thought was a night two (!!) years ago! Oops and interesting. Then I realized that my consistent fun/delight at night are the nights we have nothing to do as a family and my 13 yo and I snuggle on the couch to watch an episode of Survivor and chat. I read somewhere can’t remember source - that happiness is what you do on a typical Tuesday and your question prompted me to reflect that this year those regular weeknights have been the best 😍
Thank you for the reflection questions, which I will consider later.
I wondered whether the visual description of the photo of Stella in the rain was written by AI.
I wondered because her umbrella has faces on it, while she has chosen to cover hers.
This could be coincidence of content, but a person looking would probably notice this and think of it as part of the image, possibly part of Stella's creative intention.
I am glad you are all together to celebrate this holiday.
The caption was written by me, not AI! I've been trying to adhere more faithfully to accessible protocols around images. Describing what is in the picture is one such practice.
What did I learn about grief this year?
Grief has no timetable for its appearance.
It's not a series of steps of observance
But a process that reminds me of a loss
And the eventual price that it costs
When I deeply loved a person who is gone,
To whom earlier in life I was drawn
Because of her values and inner beauty she possessed
And she lives on in ways that can't be adequately expressed
But felt deeply as I continue on
To live my life . . . It's a new dawn.
So beautiful, thank you Ernest. Your love for your wife inspires.
What a great list of questions! Our family of nine will be together New Year's Eve. These questions should allow us all, ages 8 to 80, to reflect together on another year. Happiest of holidays to you and yours, Courtney!
Love that. Happy holidays to you and yours Shirley!
Love the pic!! And thanks for the questions. A lot to think about.
What an interesting & challenging list. I often feel like I answer such questions through the most recent two weeks of my life, so I'll try to dig back to earlier parts of the year to mine my reflections.
Curious-- is the hospice question intended to uncover what you're tenderly helping, or what you're feeling will soon be leaving you? Or something else? That word conjures a lot for me, so interested to learn your intention with that particular prompt?
It came from my reading of Hospicing Modernity - an amazing book, which talks about the ways in which we are in a season of hospicing so much societally.
Thank you Courtney. We discussed some of these suggestions during Christmas dinner. They opened up interesting and meaningful discussions. It contributed significantly to the evening together.
Yay! I love hearing that.
Thanks to your Momspreading episode I 100% associate the verb "to freaky Friday with somebody" with you now and always will
Love this question about most fun night of the year - my first thought was a night two (!!) years ago! Oops and interesting. Then I realized that my consistent fun/delight at night are the nights we have nothing to do as a family and my 13 yo and I snuggle on the couch to watch an episode of Survivor and chat. I read somewhere can’t remember source - that happiness is what you do on a typical Tuesday and your question prompted me to reflect that this year those regular weeknights have been the best 😍
My favorite is what is on hospice inside of you and what is on hospice outside of you
Thank you for the reflection questions, which I will consider later.
I wondered whether the visual description of the photo of Stella in the rain was written by AI.
I wondered because her umbrella has faces on it, while she has chosen to cover hers.
This could be coincidence of content, but a person looking would probably notice this and think of it as part of the image, possibly part of Stella's creative intention.
I am glad you are all together to celebrate this holiday.
The caption was written by me, not AI! I've been trying to adhere more faithfully to accessible protocols around images. Describing what is in the picture is one such practice.