A day like this….when my family and friends are all here in the same house…..in our house. Laughter chanting from every corner, kids running everywhere and then suddenly the coffee spills and a playing card goes missing….and everyone says that’s okay… I count my blessings…
Sun sets down and dinner is served….there is not enough chairs for everyone to sit and that’s okay…..we share our space and spread ourselves around the house…..for few moments there is less noise because everyone is busy enjoying the food and sharing the recipe. Then dessert and drinks, dishes go into the dishwasher, another round of board game is on the board…..then the kids yawn and one of them starts to cry and yet we know that it’s not time to say goodbye…..We snap some more pictures….the kids and the grown-ups, the families and pairs and then everyone together…..someone says okay last one, say yayyyy…..
We do the coundown….10, 9, 8…….3,2,1…..Happy New Year!! Everyone cheers….and everyone hugs everyone….some of us say a silent prayer and some of us say “Thank you”, “Thank you for being the family”, “Thank you for being the best friend” and I wanted to truly feel that in the deepest of my heart “Thank you God for Everything”
I give a hug to my little one “Thank you for being my Baby” and I give a hug to my husband “Thank you for being my true salvager. Without you, I would have been in the other side of the universe…. ”
And then POP….the Champagne spills over and everyone laughs and all the glasses are being filled and we toast, Cheers! Cheers! Cheers! Cheers! The sound the Champagne glasses filled the air with the beginning sound of a brand new year….the new hope, the new promises…..the new year makes us one more year older, the lives filled with their own experiences….
I know that things might change next year and we might not be friends anymore and some of us might move to different cities over the year and some of us might not make it next year….
But for tonight, for this moment it’s true that everyone is smiling and is giving blessings to each other and right at this moment everyone is present here and staying right here…..