“But now old friends are acting strange, they shake their heads, they say I've changed. Well something’s lost but something’s gained in living every day” Joni Mitchell I love life in some small way every day because I experience at least one good thing that I didn’t the day before. Every year we look back and reflect on the things we want to repeat, and the things that we hope never happen again. We say sad goodbyes to loved ones, while we welcome new friendships. We change careers. We change geographic locations. Any and all of these things can happen in what seems like the blink of an eye when you are the one whose life is directly affected. Some changes leave us emotionally barren, while others overwhelm us with feelings of ecstasy that can’t be contained. But no matter what we do, no matter how hard we try to control it, life will happen and we may as well accept it on its terms. Some that will read this blog have known me most of my life and have seen the many changes