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I Started the Year with Pie and Hot Coffee

It’s got nowhere to go but down from here

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This is NOT how I enjoyed my pie. (Photo pby Meghan Hessler on Unsplash)

It’s a new year!

What is 2025 going to hold?

I have no idea.

The candidate I didn’t vote for is headed for the White House.

The planet is not in good shape.

And yet?

I’m happy.

Why?

Because all of my loved ones are healthy and well.

And? My son and DIL texted last night to ask if I wanted them to phone me at midnight to wish me a Happy New Year. I was sound asleep when that text came in, but I was thrilled that they were thinking of me as we headed into 2025.

It made me feel loved and supported.

Not only that, but my good pal and next-door neighbor Amy, who happens to own my favorite bakery, the Night Kitchen Bakery in Chestnut Hill, stopped by to give me a surprise pumpkin pie last night.

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