After a long, hard, frustrating, stressful, and largely unpleasant year, I think we are all entitled to enter 2021 with high hopes for a better one. That doesn’t mean we don’t have things to be grateful for. Thereย are always, always, ALWAYS things to be grateful for, and I hope you’ll be remembering some of those throughout the day.
At the same time, I know we’d all like to find some easier times ahead, and I’m sending each of you my wish for exactly that. More laughter, less hair tearing. More time to enjoy the things you love,ย and less time stuck at home. More days spent with family and friends, and not quite so many spent without the ones we we want to be with. Yep, that’s what I’m hoping for each of us, and I do think we deserve at least some of those!
My New Year’s Advice? Remember we’re still HERE, and every single morning brings another chance to do it all better! Grab it while you can! ๐ โค ๐
HAPPY NEW YEAR, MY FRIENDS!
Wishing you and your loved ones a very Happy New Year. Waking up each morning is a blessing. xo
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Exactly so, Darlene! May that blessing continue for you for a long, long, LONG time! ๐ Happy New Year! ๐ โค
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I love your good wishes, Marcia. Like you, I’m hoping for easier times ahead. We all need more laughter in our lives and fewer tears, and plenty of family hugs. I wish all that for you and much more. Blessings! ๐
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Thanks, Gwen! I’m wishing you the same! Happy New Year!!! ๐ โค
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Happy New Year, Marcia. A health and happiness wish for you in 2021.
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Thanks, John, and the same to you. Hope it’s a much better year for all of us! ๐
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Me too. ๐ฅ
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Great advice, Marcia, and Happy New Year!
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Thanks, Jan! Here’s to a great (or at least vastly improved) 2021! Happy New Year! ๐
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Wishing you and yours a very happy New Year, Marcia!
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Thanks, Jeanne, and I wish you the same. Hope 2021 is much kinder to us all! ๐ โค
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Happy New Year, Marcia!
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Happy New Year to you, as well, Olga! ๐
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A very Happy New Year to you, Marcia!
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Thanks, Joan, and I hope 2021 is much easier on all of us! ๐ Happy New Year!
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good post
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Thanks, Rae, and a Happy New Year to you! ๐
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Rightbackatcha!
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Happy new year, Marcia! ๐
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Thanks, Yvette, and a Happy New Year to you, as well! ๐
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Wishing you all good things for 2021, Marcia ๐
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Thank you, Harmony! And I wish the same for you! ๐ โค
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Happy new year, Marcia. We all deserve a good one.
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Sounds like a Plan to me, Craig! Hope 2021 is good to you! ๐
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Happy new year Marcia and many thanks for making my cup half full when I see it as half empty. โค
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Thanks, Trish, and I’m very happy to have contributed to your half full cup! You’ve certainly helped me have happier days! (I owe you an email, too. Things will slow down soon when my family heads home.) In the meantime, Happy New Year! ๐ โค
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Happy New Year, Marcia. Hugs on the wing!
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Thanks, Teagan, and Happy New Year to you, too. Hugs from way down here in 82-degree-Florida! ๐
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Happy New Year, Marcia! This year is bound to be better.
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I’m hoping you’re right, Kass, though I’m afraid to say it out loud for fear of jinxing it! ๐ But I’m sure sending Happy New Year wishes your way! ๐
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Happy New Year!! ๐
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Happy New Year to you, as well, Sue! Let’s hope it’s a huge step UP from this past one! ๐
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Happy New Year Marcia.
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Thank you, Janet! And Happy New Year to you, as well! ๐
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Whishing you a Happy New Year! (as I try to catch up with about 3 months worth of blog reading ๐ฎ )
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Thanks, Julie, and I’m wishing you the same. (As I also try to catch up with my favorite blogs. Hoping to do much better with that this year. ๐ In the meantime, here’s to a Happy New Year! ๐ )
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A wonderfully positive post for the new year, Marcia. Ditto, ditto, ditto. Lol. Happy 2021!
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Thanks, Diana. Glad it felt positive to you, as that’s how I’m trying to approach the weeks ahead. It might get a bit worse before it gets better, but I’m extremely hopeful that “better” is what’s ahead. Happy New Year to you, too, my friend! ๐ โค
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