The Close Out

[Craig Nodwell]

As Jim Morrison once sang.
This is the end, beautiful friend
This is the end, my only friend
The end

Ends and beginnings.  
Here we are at the end of 2022, another year to put to rest. 
A year of growth
A year of gain
A year of loss
A new year on the rise.
We celebrate the year past.
We celebrate the year to come.
We celebrate the unknown.

At our house we celebrate in our own quiet way, with food, music, and movies.   
A bit of over indulgence shared with the ones we love. 
Reflections of the year that just past, and others long gone. 
Dreams and hopes of the new unknown year to come. 
And of course we pay honor to those we lost.
How do you usher out the old, and celebrate the new?

Good bye 2022 you were a year like no other.

[Robert Wen_Cprime_]

Farewell, 2022!

[Dave Mathijs]

Bye bye 2022!

[Summer Hogan]

Welcome 2023! I'm leaving the past in the past and welcoming new opportunities! 

[Alex Koxaras _Relational_]

Well, we kinda do that fast :)

I mean most likely we think what we said we wanted to do in the previous year and what we've actually accomplished. Then we *sigh* because we didn't succeed everything and decide to set even more things to accomplish in the next year! Yup... it doesn't make any sense!

So starting this year, I'll be thankful for any small victory and accomplishment.

I am enough! :)