It's been a whole year since I decided to spend a year working on a garden, organizing my home and spending time with women friends. Mostly, I've been pretty successful--except the part about organizing my house. I did buy some new furniture for the dining room and kitchen from IKEA, but the house is still pretty messed up. As far as spending more time with women friends, I have done that. I joined a support group of "renaissance women" through the temple. It's been wonderful; I've gotten to know some truly amazing women. We're all older, but not elderly, and we share many of the same challenges as we find that it's time to use what years we have left while we still can do activities and projects that really matter to us. We're all feeling very nurtured from the group meetings. I think I've begun to believe that my happiness matters. Guilt and the heavy sense that I must give up everything for family are ebbing somewhat. I spent a lot of time doing things on my own over the spring, summer and fall. I want to continue to nourish my spirit too, although it can be hard to be motivated to do much of anything at this time of year besides cocooning.
I really really dislike these short days. The lights of Hannukah are nice and all (tonight is the last night), but if I don't spend time outdoors in the sunshine, I go a little batty. Lucky for us, the schools begin their winter break tonight, so we should all be able to sleep in a bit and do some fun stuff for the next 2 weeks.
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