Personally speaking, 2018 was a pretty bloody good year, though it disappeared much more quickly than I’d like. A tell tale sign of ageing, to be sure.
There was much to be grateful for. I’m aware it wasn’t great for many, so that’s even more reason to be grateful.
My year brought some great joys and many good times. The most special joys related to new arrivals in the family and news of imminent arrivals:
- firstly a delightful fur ball with the name of Harkin
- the safe delivery of a little angel with the sweetest of dispositions and the worst of sleep habits.
- the great news of another bubba on the way, this one to be a first-born.
There were pictures of the days and the moments, the little ones as they grew and charmed, and the travels and the sunsets and the pretty things all around.
Mainly it was about my family. What a tribe. How do you capture a year of living and laughter and little ones at your feet? It really doesn’t do it justice.
Let’s be frank. There were a ridiculous number of photos, far too many, but much has been captured forever to help it into our eyes as well as our hearts. (2019 will perhaps be the year of taking less but better photos, and certainly should be the year of culling them.)
But still, here’s an attempt at putting my favourite pretty bits of 2018 in a little pictorial grid.
There were more good things.
I officially retired and now have a new world of opportunity before me, including photography and writing. Lots of travelling up and down the coast and visiting family.
We packed up and sold my Mum’s home and saw her happily settle into a new and improved life, although a lot of her belongings are still at my house!!
I was part of the Urban Providore Taste Panel and met some lovely new people, both online and in real life.
I joined in a local group and learnt new skills, like capturing light painting at night.
I went to my first gay wedding, in the first year it was made legal.
I had an article published about ghosts, with the promise of more in 2019 (articles, hopefully not ghosts).
Yep, it was a good year.
Unfortunately that long list of thing to do around the house remains remarkably long, but I guess there’s always next year.
And let’s just not mention the political disgraces that are going on around us, here and overseas. But let’s not go there – that would drag this down.
Happy New Year! Bring on 2019.
What a fabulous year you had Christine and your family are gorgeous. Aren’t grandchildren wonderful? I had a new addition this year, Elliot who is now 7 months old and my two grandsons are my joy in life. Great news about the possibility of more writing and don’t forget if your travels ever bring you to the GC or Brisbane let me know as I would love to catch up. Happy New Year and may 2019 be even better than 2018. Take care xx
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There were so many wonderful things, and the grandkids are an amazing delight. We’re fortunate to have them in our lives and get to play with them, aren’t we? We will definitely be in Brisbane again in a few months so I’ll let you know. Had thought about it last time but we ended up staying at Noosa longer than planned and Brissie time ran short. Happy New Year!
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What a wonderful year you have experienced! So many, many blessings! Here’s to even more in 2019!
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What a year! Exciting things to come
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Indeed!!! Huge year coming.
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A fabulous year for you Christine, I’m so happy to read your post and see your gorgeous photos of your family! It was lovely to meet you in person this year too 🙂 . All the best for 2019!
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Yes, a good year, and lovely to meet you too. And we both had new grand babies. HNY!
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What a fabulous year you had. I’ve enjoyed following along & look forward to more of the same in 2019.
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Indeed. Hope yours was too.
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