Greetings Everyone. I know it’s been a while since I took a moment to share with you. For that, please accept my most sincere apologies. I’m sure you too have been a bit busy these past few weeks. The holidays and all the emotions and expectations they encompass seem to bring a great deal of chaos and anxiety my way. Even though, here we are. I’m guessing that we all survived the holiday season, slightly scathed perhaps, but survive we did. Now, on to the true purpose for today’s post.

I want to express my sincere gratitude to everyone and everything that helped make my 2024 the year that it was. Yes, I said everyone and everything. I mean it. I truly appreciate all the good, the bad and the in between for what each brought to my year. This is something that has been on my mind for a while now. It seems odd to make a conscious decision to appreciate the bad things, right? After all, why would we want to celebrate or embrace those things? It’s likely that those are the events and circumstances that brought pain or anxiety to our existence. Whether it’s the losses we experienced, or the challenges we faced, why would we want to revisit those? To deny that they happened would be to imply that we are comfortable with them repeating again in our lives………..To be more pointed though, why wouldn’t we want to learn from those events? In my humble opinion, those events and happenings all contributed to the person each of us is today. Yes, we may have been met with significant challenges, perhaps even emotional or physical pain, but it is in those challenges that we were given an opportunity to grow. I’d love to say that my life this past year was all glitter and rainbows, but we all know that wouldn’t be honest or true. After all, I allowed each of you a front row seat to the “Joe Show” so to speak. You saw my struggles and perhaps you yourself experienced a little of what I was trying to work through. I’d like to believe we were in it together. Maybe we were. So now, I want to give a little oxygen to the good, the bad and the in between, not to celebrate them, but to give credit to and hopefully use each to continue to grow and hopefully prosper as an emotionally intelligent human being. Here goes.

Thank you to the people that loved and supported me this past year. I appreciate all your kindness and the mercy you extended my way. Your love and support helped me get through the year. Thank you to my Church family for continuing to love and care for me. Our Spiritual journey is tied together for a reason. I love you more than you can ever know. Thank you to my Family. Whether you are my family of origin or my family of design, we are in this together……. BTW: Sisters are great….. We share a history. We have more in common than not. Thank you to my peers in the workplace. I learned a great deal from you this past year. I hope I helped you grow professionally as much as you helped me grow this past year. Best wishes for our continued prosperity. Thank you to my closest friends. I know I caused you a great deal of anxiety this past year. I promise I didn’t mean to. Your patience is much appreciated. I’ll do my best to be the Friend you want and need this coming year. And finally, thank you to each of you for gifting me a small portion of your day to visit this blog. I know your time is precious. You could spend your time anywhere else. I appreciate you spending it with me. And to so many more, thank you for all you have done and all you continue to do to help me be the best person I can possibly be.

So, as we come to the end of 2024, let’s remember this year, with all the good, the bad, and the in between. This year, 2024 will soon be a part of our past. Honor your experiences. All of your experiences. Use them to grow spherically, in every direction. Learn from them. And maybe remind me once in a while to do the same. Best of wishes for each of you. Love. JFTS…..