Another sunny day....

So yesterday marked a personal day--my mother's birthday. She would have been in her 90s, but she left us a couple of years back.

But this post is a celebration of her life and life in general.

For no matter what circumstances are laid out before us, we are able and compelled to make choices. And live with them.

Sometimes the choice taken, the road traveled, seems less shiny once reality hits. But pessimism must not override the hope that is the anchor of love and compassion.

And this time of year calls on us all to give of ourselves in ways compassionate and loving.

Including the great challenge: being compassionate to ourselves and including ourselves on the forgiveness trail.

That's it. No scowl today.

Just a determination to make now the best time in our lives. Until the next now unfolds.

Enjoy your macaroni.