I started the new year this morning in my sunny though frigid dining room eating Ted Lasso biscuits. Despite following a Milk Bar recipe, I don’t find them as buttery, OMG-amazing as boss lady on Ted Lasso makes them out to be; and yet I cannot stop from myself from reaching for “just one more piece”.
Between bites, I am emailing out our New Year greeting. Looking at our family photo, I recalled the one we shared years ago when I first went public with my kidney journey.
Those boys are now out of the house, so we connect weekly via online Family Nights playing Skribbl.io and Scattergories. Earlier in the year, when vaccines kept us more protected, we spent a week in Hawaii together, zip-lining in the dark and navigating hidden trails that looked like the set of Lost, with muddy trails and even a mysterious hatch.
Thank you to my donor for making another year of moments like these possible.
I hope that as you begin 2022, you are healthy and well. And if you are, I hope you are living purposefully with gratitude and looking for ways to help others live a better healthier life. Take care of yourselves and each other.
Wishing you all the best for 2022!