2025 was a weird year.  Full of highs and lows.  My dad was sick, I had a surprisingly complex back surgery, JP retired.  And my sister lived with me for two months, I had an incredible two weeks with the kids discovering Japan, my oldest daughter started working for Elsie Green full time.  The bitter was balanced by the sweet throughout the year.  But I struggled.

The physical manifestation of that struggle - my balance is shot.  My chronic back pain is gone but walking from point A to point B is a test of strength and endurance.  So this year I'm going to set my intention toward balance.  Balance in my body, my time, my attention.  If I'm honest with myself, I'm working too much and not nurturing the other parts of my life enough.  I had a lovely plan to join my friend Beth for a day of errands, wrote the wrong day in my calendar and stood her up.  Not my style when I'm firing on all cylinders.  

One of the things that makes my life work so nicely - my work and my personal life feed each other.  I'd like to get back to that balance.  And I'd like to be able to stand on a street corner for more than a minute without feeling like I have to clutch onto a mailbox.  I don't want to feel afraid of unfamiliar situations - like a concert at red rocks, the Paris Metro in the snow, basically anything with stairs.   I have many lovely men in my life who allow me to take their arms when walking together.  But I'd like to stand on my own two feet. 

So 2026 will be all about balance.  I'll try to find it my equilibrium in my body, my time, and my attention.  So find me at Elsie Green.  But also find me at pilates, at a café with a book, running errands with a friend, on my sofa with a bowl of popcorn giving a movie my full attention.