Yes, it is that time again: the time for remembrance and retrospection. It has been a mixed year of losses and gains for our friends; of births and of deaths. While we may have fared better than most, 2010 is still not a year that I will miss.
The losses have included:
In addition, tears for:
Megan’s Sidney in October,
Marianne’s Derri this month,
Kathy’s Elbee and Bobbie’s Merlin this week,
And for all of the other losses this year.
But then, there were puppies.
And most especially:
I have always considered 11 to be my lucky number. So here is to a lucky and prosperous Twenty-Eleven to all of us.