Another day, another milestone

It's been a busy week. Yesterday I turned 40, and discovered a whole new world. I'm a believer in rites of passage, and I feel I have come through the other side as someone not different than before, but someone full of new possibilities.

Today was the second anniversary of the loss of my brother Dave. It also felt like a rite of passage of sorts. Husband took me to the beach so I could have a quite moment of reflection. The beach was a special place to Dave. Maybe he felt he was part seagull; he certainly liked to steal other people's chips :-)

I write to you my friends as I wrote to my family:

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