Day 2551: Kind of a Big Deal

It’s kind of a big deal

• that Michael and I are getting married tomorrow and
• that my kind and kind-of-a-big deal niece Julie gave me this t-shirt for Christmas:

  It’s kind of a big deal that Julie wants to use the lyrics I wrote four days ago for her 10th annual Women’s Getaway Weekend on March 21 & 22 in New Hampshire.

It’s kind of a big deal that

• The Year(s) of Living Non-Judgmentally is still going strong here at WordPress after seven years of daily blogs,
• my boyfriend/fiancé/soon-to-be-husband Michael  supports me in so many ways  (including being my substitute blogger after my open heart surgery in 2016),
• my therapy groups are thriving,
• I’m President of the professional organization that’s been sustaining me and many others for decades,
• I’ve performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (and may be performing there again next year),
• I gave a speech at the 45th reunion of Harvard’s class of 1974,
• I’m happier than I’ve ever been in my life,
• I no longer worry about bragging and many other things I used to worry about,
• there’ll be a Presidential election next year in the USA,
• my son’s girlfriend will be visiting us from Jordan after the first of the year,
• my son will read every post I’ve written after I’m gone and (I hope) realize this blog is a love letter to him and many others, and
• YOU use your precious time to read this blog.

It’s kind of a big deal that I took all these photos yesterday:

It’s kind of a big deal that I won that book at Michael’s family‘s Yankee Swap.

Here’s somebody else saying “I’m kind of a big deal.”

Here’s a big deal number from a big deal musical:

If you leave a comment, it’s kind of a big deal because YOU are kind of a big deal.

It’s kind of a big deal that there’s so much I’m thankful for this holiday season.