Hello, dear friends.
I’m back, and just in time to reflect upon the year decade before starting fresh tomorrow morning.

Am I the only one who thinks it’s kind of crazy that an entire decade has zipped by since all that millenium hoopla awhile back?

I would get depressed, except reallly, quite a lot has happened.

And, if there’s one thing I’ve learned from parenting, its that every stage is flush with newness and opportunity.
So, bring it on, I say.
The adolescence of the era.

But first this:

At the beginning of this decade, I was 32. Now I’m 42.
At the beginning of this decade, I’d been married 5 years. Now it’s been 15.

At the beginning of this decade, I had one daughter. Now I have two.
At the beginning of this decade, I had four living grandparents. Now they’re all gone.

At the beginning of this decade, we lived in one house, now sold.
Then we bought another house, now rehabbed.

At the beginning of this decade, we had two cats and a dog. And we still do.

At the beginning of this decade, I had one agent. Now I’ve got a different one.
At the beginning of this decade, I had sold one book. Now I’ve sold six.
And I hadn’t published any. Now there are two.

The beginning of this decade was pre-9/11. Now it’s post-.
The beginning of this decade was pre-hurricane Katrina. Now its post-.
The beginning of this decade was Bush era. Now its Obama.

At the beginning of this decade, we talked about Y2K. Now we remember the year two thousand.
And it suddenly seems like an awfully long time ago.
I think I was eager and hopeful then. And I still am.

You?

Happy New Year, friends, and namaste.