im still alive .. which may be a slightly in-poor-taste joke .. but yah feel me ay ..
so, rocking some changes soon .. all for my benefit of course ;)
but hope yous are well & the gregorian new year is treating you well so far ….
yeah, thats it for now!
peace out.
kpm©
not a great ‘do-er’ of ‘new years’ celebrations anymore, but i like the marking of the end of one thing & the transition into another.
thats what this new years is for me.
a recap of what i achieved, celebrated, struggled with, came to terms with, let go of & paid the price for. it’s all growth. & its all good. & i’m still grappling with some of it both mentally & physically. my tummy is still in knots & i can’t quite find my groove. but i’m trying to take it one little hour @ a time & not dwell on too much for too long.
so, i went hunting for a photo of our little mate that died just before the gregorian christmas period … well a photo of how i remember him anyways. but i couldn’t find the one i was originally looking for, but found another of him & i found others too.
they reminded me of all the things & people that come & go. that time doesn’t stand still. that memories are all we have sometimes. that the good is always mixed with the bad & that sometimes you have to hunt to find where one starts & the other ends. that love never gets old. that loneliness is the loudest sound in the world. that pain subsides for some. that growth is inevitable. & that death is too.
& that its All all good.
#When
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Christmas was one of the best I think I’ve had in a very very long time! Possibly ever. It was simple…real. We did family…we ate, laughed, ate some more, hung out with the babies, caught up, reminised, loved, took the piss out of one another…relaxed…did genuineness…it was good! I think all of us have gotten to that place where we can appreciate each others differences and embrace each others ‘flaws’, such as they are.
For me personally, I was able to pace myself, but enjoy, really enjoy all that I was involved in. And for me, that is huge progress…to be present and to enjoy, or embrace, everything that was happening around me and not freak out!
New Years was similar, but the fams had all headed home by then and we got to chill. We did the beach at midnight and even dropped into a mates place for a drink! The old PTSD kicked in along with heightened senses, at about 230am…but for me, that’s huge progress!
I now look forward to a New Year and shitloads of new experiences…which I am going to enjoy :)
kpm ©
kpm© : me & pts (d) 