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A Final Goodbye to 2020  

bustinout20202 67F  
838 posts
1/17/2021 7:55 am
A Final Goodbye to 2020

I know this has been a year top years. ’s been strange, ’s been morbid, ’s been terrifying. was a year simply get through for of us, numbingly so; with thing look forward was rollover a new calendar year. Historians will look back as a watershed year. year that everything changed; year that nearly everything stopped. We’ve welcomed 2021 with open arms, ready to embrace it with hope tinged with more than a little bit of trepidation.
My personal journey of 2020 has also been strange; it’s been weird; it’s been sad; it’s been terrifying; it’s forced some exponential growth internally; and forced letting go of some parts best left behind. In of my friend, Poetry Man, choosing see my glass as half full, here’s what I will carry forward from last year in this:
2020
Had not been for this year,
I never would have met you
Had not been for this year,
I never would have reawakened a side of long lost and tossed aside
Had not been for this year,
I would not have discovered new parts of
Had not been for this year,
I never would have seen myself as others do
Had not been for this year
I never would have allowed myself be vulnerable
Had not been for this year
I never would have opened my heart
my husband
others
Had not been for this year
I would not have healed friendships
And relationships in a new way
Had not been for this year
I never would have ventured out
share my story
Had not been for this year
I never would have a story to tell


~~~" Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift." --Mary Oliver~~~


bustinout20202 67F  
1080 posts
1/17/2021 8:35 am

A Final Goodbye to 2020

I know this has been a year to top all years. It’s been strange, it’s been morbid, it’s been terrifying. It was a year to simply get through for all of us, numbingly so; with the only thing to look forward to was the rollover to a new calendar year. Historians will look back on it as a watershed year. The year that everything changed; the year that nearly everything stopped. We’ve welcomed 2021 with open arms, ready to embrace it with hope tinged with more than a little bit of trepidation.

My personal journey of 2020 has also been strange; it’s been weird; it’s been sad; it’s been terrifying; it’s forced some exponential growth internally; and forced the letting go of some parts best left behind. From the words of my Poetry Man, and in choosing to see my glass as half full, here’s what I will carry forward from last year in to this:

2020

Had it not been for this year,
I never would have met you
Had it not been for this year,
I never would have reawakened a side of me long lost and tossed aside
Had it not been for this year,
I would not have discovered new parts of me
Had it not been for this year,
I never would have seen myself as others do
Had it not been for this year
I never would have allowed myself to be vulnerable
Had it not been for this year
I never would have opened my heart
To my husband
To others
Had it not been for this year
I would not have healed friendships
And relationships in a new way
Had it not been for this year
I never would have ventured out
To share my story
Had it not been for this year
I never would have a story to tell

~~~" Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift." --Mary Oliver~~~


bustinout20202 67F  
1080 posts
1/17/2021 8:40 am

OMG! Is TSdates.com acting up today, or is it me??? Slower than molasses. Slower than Heinz ketchup! Think its time to go grab a book...

~~~" Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift." --Mary Oliver~~~


CleavageFan4U 67M
69374 posts
1/17/2021 10:00 am

Moving forward is the only real choice we have. Kudos to you to doing it so bravely. {=} and yeah >>! and ?* too.

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citizen4722 66M  
74582 posts
1/17/2021 1:36 pm

TSdates.com has been acting up today, seems to be behaving at the moment though.
2020 kind of stopped for me in March but it's surprising how much I took for granted previously.


justaguyinalaska 57M
879 posts
1/17/2021 1:50 pm

As politicians like to say, "never let a good crisis go to waste." As you have articulated, exigent circumstances (and 2020 was brim-full of them) trigger a diverse range of reactions...not all of them "defensive".

I would argue that an unintended consequence of the stresses of the past year was to stimulate you to confront of some truths in your life that lurked in the shadows and likely caused mischief in your emotions and actions. Good on you for being true to yourself and making your way into the light.


DiscreteSlowRide 54M
384 posts
6/13/2021 12:41 pm

Hi there,

It's amazing how a horrible event in our life can seem like the opening to a dark abyss, a curse on us that will plague us and banish us into a lifetime of misery.

BUT...quite often we discover, that horrible event has opened the door to new happiness, new opportunities and a series of positive events that never would have happened otherwise.


bustinout20202 replies on 6/14/2021 7:49 am:
Thank you for stopping by. 'Tis true, it's the proverbial "glass half full/glass half empty" scenario. At my age, I've got too many friends that have chosen to go it alone; which isn't a bad thing, really. It's when they close themselves off to new experiences and friends, that gets me. I chose not to do that. I chose a completely different paradigm than what i had been living [hmmm...like the road less traveled] and it has made all the difference!

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