So this is my new year message. Kinda like the Queens address...only a Diva address. :)
Soon, I will put my final touches onto tidying up my house and then I will start prepping the food for our fun filled evening in, the 4 of us.
I'm not really bothered by not going out or having others in this year. Normally our new year's are spent at home. But it feels almost as though something is missing.
Tonight we will either play board games or we will watch a movie. Hopefully "Zoom" with some family/friends...oh the vocabulary of 2020.
2020. What can I say about 2020?
I lived through Y2K. Not even a scratch from that one!
This one...I think I have about 15 extra pounds from this one.
Never did I image I would be living in times such as these. I don't think I have to say much about our current pandemic. I think we are all living it.
But with tonight's activities comes the promise of a new year.
I don't believe that for a moment the hands of time will reset at 12:01 tomorrow morning...or when I wake up in the morning, because let's be honest...I probably won't make it awake to midnight...age has a way of doing that to us....unless it's just me...
However, not everything has been doom and gloom this year.
This year I was awarded the opportunity to spend more quality time with my children. Mr Diva is "essential" so his role did not change through the pandemic, but the schools were closed and so kids and I were at home. I will not lie and say it was easy peasy...anytime you spend ALL THE TIME together, things have the potential to get messy, but we got to spend quality time together, learning together.
Our gardens were amazing! My seedlings got my undivided attention because they were my escape. In March and April, I would sit in my kitchen among my green babies and imagine I was sitting in the serenity of my gardens. We also added more square footed growing space in raised beds and extended the in ground garden. I am so looking forward to all that we can grow this upcoming year!
But I do think I place more value on the lessons that were learned this year.
1. This is hard, but WE CAN DO HARD THINGS. Staying apart from loved ones is so hard. Online schooling, whether teaching or learning, is hard. Staying positive in a time of uncertainty and when hearing bad news, is hard. The "new normal" is hard (I am not looking forward to the upcoming week of virtual learning, but I am excited to be maskless and to get to see my students' faces and them seeing my face), but look how we have persevered! How creative have we been? We've had to completely change the way we approach certain situations. But we did it, because WE CAN DO HARD THINGS! (Personally, I had help from He, who gives me Strength)
2. Never take for granted the time you have to spend with loved ones. We used to have dinner with my mom every three weeks, then I would go to church to practice music for Praise team...since March, we have not been. I miss those dinners. Many times it was frozen fish fingers and fries, but the kids loved it (I did too) and it was the company that we got to keep that made it that much more special. I miss this and extended family dinners. Every moment that I am gifted to spent with family and friends, I will never take for granted again...instead I will cherish that time.
3. I think the final lesson that I learned is to work on my Faith life. I have learned to fully trust. One day, in God's timing, we will have more property and a farm. I know it will happen. In the meantime, while I am waiting, I will continue to work on my relationship with God and also in learning more about growing more food and also animal raising.
As we count down the minutes this evening, I encourage you all to reflect on the lessons that you learned this past year.
Even if COVID 19 doesn't magically disappear upon the stroke of midnight, you are given a new beginning. New birth so to speak. Use every moment that you are given to its full potential.
Happy New Year Divas! Many blessings!
