End of the Year, Morning Musings~
December 31, 2021 Today is the last day of 2021. Another year has whizzed by. It doesn't feel like a full year has passed. And yet, here we are at the threshold of the end and the beginning. As I sit on the edge of 2021 and the beginning of 2022, I don't feel joy or excitement. I don't feel doom and gloom either. Mostly, I feel humbled and deeply reflective. Maybe, I feel a little bit sad and am noticing a sort of melancholy that is present? I guess what's been on my mind has been the most recent events. Last week, 5 people were shot and murdered in Denver, Colorado. A senseless act that was obviously planned and carried out. And now children and families are experiencing deep grief from devastating loss. And as of yesterday, Boulder, Colorado, is on fire. Many homes have already burned down, families are displaced and the dry conditions and raging winds are only fanning the flames. It seems impossible that there could be a fire like this in winter when there should ...