My Wish for 2021
It took a little longer for me to reflect this year and wasn’t sure I would have anything to say but it’s been a remarkable year for us all. All we’ve seen and haven’t done. Right? Gratitude and togetherness have deeper meaning and being on my own, which I thought I already knew a lot about, is richer still.
Looking back, there’s so many ordinary and extraordinary things that stand out as so very 2020. Thinking back, I moved furniture, a lot, to clear space to dance and to just change up the routine of quarantine. I made things, built things, grew things, painted things, decorated to make a new apartment home, splurged on groceries, fed myself with guilty pleasures. Danced alone in my apartment to Kamala Harris / Joe Biden win, took voice lessons, joined Tiktok, felt my second & third earthquakes, heard gunshots, smelled my city burning in wildfires and protest, helicopters, fireworks, violent domestic disputes, cried over Zoom with strangers and therapists, video dated, had 10-pack of toilet paper stolen. I guess you can say I made it out of 2020 Scott-free. All of this swirled around me while I was able to hold on somewhat uncomfortable. I did it alone but relieved to say by the end of a year apart I was able to reunite with my mom. It’s been a remarkable year.
This year I want to embrace the things that scare me more because I know they also heal me: sharing my art, being seen, using my voice against injustice. And when the world reopens I want to relish again my sense of adventure with lots of travel.
My wish for myself in 2021 is also my wish for you. That we find the strength to keep going and to heal, together again. To dance, and laugh and sing even if we want to cry and to let it all dissolve in the sunshine. (If you’ve been following along you know what the California sunshine means to me. Mostly, I just want to be ok and smile for it. Happy New Year to you!
