2023 Coming to and end

Hello all. 👋🏻As 2023 is coming to an end, reflection is always in demand. Especially when we have gone through so much in one year. I have had tragedy and triumphs. I have had gained and lost. It all started with the suicide of one of my dearest residents on the property I manage. He hung himself and left us to find him. I had talked to him many times over the years , trying to help him understand that he was important. I was also going through a lot with one of my staff members. I had never been around someone who was an alcoholic and constantly on and off drugs. It was difficult because he was my friend. And so it made it so much more difficult to fire him a few months down the road. During that time of having to let him go, I also lost my mother on Memorial Day. And it was the strangest thing because just seconds before I wanted to call her and talk to her about something that I had done, I get a call from her brother and I actually thought it was my mother calling me. It was one of the most tragic phone calls I've ever had. She and I bonded over the years. Especially when my twin brother died two and a half years ago. Mom and I worked through that together. She was going through alot of depression. But she and I helped each other when we were going through that. She died in her sleep, the way she wanted to go. And even though it's only been 6 months, I find myself wanting to pick up the phone and call her. But all I have is an google video that she left me one day when she was trying to contact me. And I play that over and over when I miss her and I miss her voice. Some days it's torture and some days it's just so comforting. And then of course all of my other beautiful residents that have passed away on my property that I was so close to. It's so hard managing a property when you've been here for so many years and you get attached to them. One of my residents left the property and moved in with her children because she had dementia. And this past year I had to contact her children to come and get her because she didn't know her name and she didn't know what apartment she lived in. It was so heartbreaking to watch her over the years lose her mind. But in the midst of all of this pain I finally finished writing my book. I thought it was finished and instead of writing a second book my expanded my first book ,had it revised,and edited. I'm sure it may go through a few more changes. But it's done. I'm constantly reminded that some people never even put pen to paper no less finish a book. They always say they're going to but they don't. And kudos to those just having that dream. Because as long as they are alive and breathing there is still hope that they will do it. That's what it's all about right? Fulfilling your dreams? Even if you're in the middle of your life or at the end of your life, there is that hope. I never even dreamed that I would have my own website, yet ...here I am. Blogging to people I don't know. Hoping one day I get a response or two. Hoping I get to at least one person.

I took the path that wasn't comfortable just to see if I could accomplish what I set out to do. And so far I'm further in my journey than I ever thought I'd be . So here's to 2023, it was a long and demanding year. Here is too all those out there that lost loved ones, and accomplished some dreams , Or set out a goal and did it!Here's to us all , hoping the next year will be more gentle. 🥂🍾

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See you all next year.🥰🥲