Joan Armatrading

I can walk under ladders

I finished the first draft.

My husband defended his dissertation.

I am typing in a sun-filled room, buoyed by three sleeping, contented kitties.

The laptop has been around almost six years and is going strong.

My marriage is better than it ever was.

There is more than enough food to eat today, this week, this month.

Our son is happy, healthy, and full of imagination.

Nora-dog is curled up in a patch of sun, perhaps dreaming of chasing squirrels or nibbling on giant biscuits.

Blogging has brought me both friendship and readers. I am grateful for both.

We live in a lovely house.

Twenty-four years ago today, something terrible happened, but I survived intact. Enough.

I am a writer.

I can transcend.

I'm lucky. I'm lucky. I'm lucky.

Thank you for being a part of it.

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