If you lift me up,

Just get me through this night

I know I’ll rest tomorrow,

And I’ll be strong enough to try…

(From Lift Me Up by Christina Aguilera)

 

 

Have you ever looked at your kids and had this conversation with yourself:

“yeah look at them over there laughing and having fun…I’m glad they’re all happy…that’s my boat or cabin in the mountains standing over there all happy with themselves…when’s it going to be my turn?…

 

Oh, you say you never had that kind of conversation with yourself?

 

Yeah of course not, I mean I never have either, I was just saying…

 

You know…kidding around.

 

Say…how about those Nats?

 

 

One of my kids gave me a tee shirt this past year, I think Savannah, that says on the front “You Can’t Scare Me, I Have Three Daughters.”

Actually, I was wearing that shirt in a photo from a previous post.

 

Three daughters.

That pretty much makes me qualified to face just about anything life can throw at me.

 

And life sure threw a lot at us this year.

It’s been a tough year.

But like the song says if we can just get through this night, the year that was will be behind us.

And a new year will be upon us.

A Happy New Year I hope.

We’ll have a day to rest, then we will try it all again.

 

Although I was having a little fun picking on my kids, I once wrote in a post titled My Three Little Chickens:

The truth is my daughters have taken their share of lumps in life but they continue to rise up.

They have had some life experiences probably shared by many daughters.

And then they have had some I hope no child ever has to go through…

Yet they are resilient.

 

They are resilient.

 

A lot has happened in the world this past year.

A lot has happened in the lives of my family and Kim’s family.

A lot has happened in the lives of my friends and their families.

And I am sure in your lives as well.

 

But for me, there is something that is good, something that brings me some peace.

My girls.

Because for the first time since I can remember, I will close my eyes on this New Year’s Eve knowing that all my girls are in a good place.

And that makes me happy.

 

But now I am getting tired.

The champagne is starting to kick in.

I fear I will usher in the New Year in my dreams.

 

Lord, get through this night.

And when I wake up I pray that everything will be all right .

 

And when those times come in the new year when I realize that it’s not.

That it is as it will be.

I am counting on You.

To lift me up.

 

After all that we’ve been through lately

We can be the same again

Lord lift me up, lord lift me up

(from another song titled Lift Me Up by Joe Scarborough and the Independent Counsel of Funk)

 

Postscript:

The photo above is from some years ago, but one of my favorite photos with my daughters.

I hope you find your New Year happy and healthy!

And thanks for letting me share.