New Year has begun

2014’s harsh winter weather brings with it the delight of New Year possibilities: work, home, security, and joy. Given the end of last year’s family and friend frequent funeral days, we’ve celebrated lives and mourned the losses. After one of the funeral days, this struck me: “May all hurts for all families be lifted so that the joys of life can be fully experienced now.” May the in-like-a-lion start to this year bring us all joy along with the challenges throughout the year.