Am beginning the new year with a gratitude journal. Not a resolution because that is, for me, difficult to adhere to. I am grateful for so many things...my health (mentally, spiritually, physically), my good friends and family who continue to support me and lift me up and life's trajectory of new experiences. Most of all I am so grateful that I was allowed to have Q in my life. I keep this picture for a couple of reasons: it shows the bond we had together as mother and son; it was taken 3 days before his passing. He had grown from a child to a young adult to a fine man.