My new house is now officially broken in. With my first gathering of all the wonderful people I work with for our department’s holiday party, we ate so much scrumptious food, chatted and laughed the night away, and generally let go and had a good time! It was nice to be a host again. It’s been quite a while since I have gotten to do that. I’ve had so many generous nights of dinner parties, impromptu invites to hang out, house sitting and pet sitting requests over the last few years that I have to take a minute to thank the kind hosts who provided me with places to stay with my children and home cooked meals not available to me without a kitchen to cook in. I still have many more friends to invite over to thank personally by being a host to them, but for now, my written thanks will have to do. I couldn’t have become a host again in my own home without your support to bring me to this blessed place in my life now.
Although, most of you will never truly know how much it’s meant to me that you were willing to share your time, energy, food, and homes with me and my boys, it’s the primary reason I was able to stay here and actually learn to be content and enjoy life in the midst of personal family struggles. Without you all, I would most certainly have already left this island paradise to start over somewhere else. Because of you, I’ve been able to carve out a new life, career, and forever love in ways I never though possible just a few years ago. Good friends, fine wine, and life, it all improves with age, as long as we continue to forget what is behind and keep our eyes on the prize, which often is found in daily living if we are only willing to view it with an open heart and mind and of course, a little hope, faith, and love!
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