“Closer to Fine”*
Day #8.
Still in bed, and appropriately so.
I’m sure you can hear my coughing, no matter your location.
It’s been MOST humbling, to be this ill.
I’m of the Russian peasant stock, have baby in field, eat kasha.
I don’t get very sick.
I bounce right one back.
Not this time.
Summary of the week:
I’m addicted to The Closer on Netflix.
I’m wildly and unpredictably napping.
I’m sleeping up and down and in and out, regardless of day/night.
I’m able to read a few pages at a time and wonder why I am.
All this to say—
Most simply, dear friends—
Please accept these few words,
From my heart to yours:
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Thank you for everything you have given us.
And bye-bye to you, 2025, you ass-kicker you.
Thank you for everything you have taken from us.
Eventually,
Inevitable,
May we see their gifts.
And for everything up ahead,
Give us the courage and the strength—
And the KINDNESS to find our way.
Welcome to you, 2026.
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Friends,
I remembered this song and find its video delightfully comforting.
Comforting.
That sounds about right for now.
Here are the magical Indigo Girls with their smash, Closer to Fine.
May we all be—
Closer to fine.
All blessings,
Aruni
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*by the Indigo Girls