the final hours

i write this just hours away from puckering up, taking a swag of some sparkling, and toasting to the new year. it's surreal, saying goodbye to one of the best years of my life. although i always look forward to the anticipation of new beginnings, i find myself more intrigued with these final hours, reflecting on the memories that shaped this past year.

preparing for marriage was surely the greatest process i could have imagined. 2014 was a year of self-discovery, of learning who i am as a woman and who i was going to become as a wife. it was a year of seeing g in a new light - as the man who would walk this life beside me, with all its joy and challenges and adventures and occasional cases of shittiness. when g and i exchanged our vows, it became very clear to me that 2014 would be the first year of the rest of my life. a prosperous life.

i really have no idea what 2015 will present. and i can honestly say it's the first year that i don't mind the uncertainty. i'm not one to make resolutions because, frankly, i don't think i could keep them. i do, however, believe in setting a tone for the year, a theme, if you will. this year, i believe it's going to be about going with the flow, letting life change its directions and adapting to its path. i foresee travels and position changes at work, celebrations and tough decisions. i anticipate more runs and wine, dinner parties and gardening. when we welcome this new year, i look forward to celebrating the peace that has settled within us, the peace that will be a constant in our ever-evolving life.

2015 may be a mystery, but i have full confidence it will be fueled by all-consuming love. because at the end of the day, that's all we really care about.

cheers to the new year!