P365 Day 174: Here's to you, 2009

What better way to end the year than with Paul? And a rum 'n' Diet Dr. Pepper? And maybe a few rounds of Super Mario Bros. Wii? I'm sure there's a ball dropping somewhere in Charleston, but I'm content here at home.

@NPRnews tweeted this earlier: If you could summarize 2009 in one word, what would it be? They later published a Wordle collage with 500 of the (most common?) responses they received.

It's hard for me to narrow 2009 down to one word: Winter was horrid, spring was OK, summer was Memphis, fall was filled with expectations. Moods changed with seasons. I learned my limits. I started P365. Little things — both good (the shuttle launch, the summer in Memphis) and bad (Joe's illness, my medication merry-go-round) — stick out in my mind. So where does that leave me? I guess my one word would be survived. Because I did. Hey, you did, too.

So here's to surviving 2010 (two-thousand-ten? twenty-ten?) just as well — or better — than we survived 2009. May yours be filled with hope and joy and family and friends and good surprises and love.

And for those of you who decide to document your year in photographs, may you always have an unobstructed view:



Much love to you all,
ks