I think my new year eve resolution is to bring more people into my life. The kids have gone and in order to maintain a relationship with their father who has decided after 14 years to pay attention to them, they have to minimize their relationship with me. I have decided to accept that, but I am finding a hole in my life.
I think I want to reach out and find people to engage with and enjoy. Raising, homeschooling, and supporting the children meant working 60 to 70 hours a week, and over time I lost my supports and friends. And now my family.
Time to begin anew. There is a lovely couple young couple that I know who have asked me over for dinner. And there is a young man who is a neighbor and his widowed mother. Nice people who might need more connection. There is a young lady neighbor nearby who I have gotten to know and enjoy, and I helped her find a job recently.
I have decided to eschew leftists and their ilk. Ultimately the gulf is too wide. I no longer want to bridge it. Recently I was working and scheduling had all eight of us conservatives working together. We realized it half way through the workday, and reveled in being us...together.
Looking at the possibilities. Over the next year I will join bookclubs, and perhaps host some get-togethers. By autumn my commitments will be few and I would be able to join a church and babysit for people who would enjoy having an extra pair of hands.
Does this make sense or do I sound crazier than usual?
I think you make perfect sense.
IMHO.. not only do your ideas make sense but they are fabulous! I personally believe that when life becomes super painful and disappointing.. we can do one of two things. We can become bitter and remove ourselves from others to avoid anymore disappointment OR we can push our pain away by meeting/socializing with others. You sound like your 2015 year will be wonderfully busy and social. Hugs, Mom