Family time

Another family gathering around our dining table, more eating, a little drinking, sharing of tales about this and that with thoughts for the year ahead. A large homemade tiramisu punctuates a round of Balderdash full of mirth. Being drink free I am the nominated driver for the night, driving from my own house twice in different directions. The roads are dark and surreal with their lack of traffic. I feel out of sorts in the blackness, thinking about life, mortality and making the most of every moment. Life is too short not to live each precious second with as much joy as is possible. For the penultimate day of 2012 the lessons of this year continue thick and strong.