Tree Toad ConsultingAs 2017 winds to a close there are year-in-reviews happening everywhere – top news headlines, best hockey goals, and worst 911 calls – you name it and we seem to rank and review it at year end. I admit to even doing this in my own life – a highlight and lowlight reel in my head. I would like to think it is more a mechanism of learning than one of self-flagellation but I am not sure that is provable fact.

My own personal year in review doesn’t feel as “rollercoaster-ish”  as world events but as I think about the people that I love I can see how many are dealing with beginnings and endings at this very moment – the arrival of babies, the end of relationships and the death of parents all happening at this exact same moment in time. I have a life-long friend who has distilled their life journey in such a way to be able to identify moments in time when a single event or choice forever altered the course of events that followed. For me, one of those life-defining moments happened on New Year’s Eve thirty-five years ago. I made a decision that night that has enriched my life, taught me so much, kept me going through dark times and continues to bolster me even today. 

Happy New Year! May 2018 be a year of monumental beginnings and happy endings for us all!