Lessons from the Year 2019

Hello everyone,
 Another year has come to an end. I do not know about you, but I am ready for 2020. As eager as I am to begin the year ahead, I must pause and share the lessons I learned this year. Here then are the lessons I've learned from 2019:

-I had never heard of a Super Blood Wolf Moon
http://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2019/01/

-It helps me to write to Luna to gather my thoughts
http://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2019/03/dear-luna-march-2019.html

-We cannot know one another, or come to know one another, without dialogue. People do not come with barcodes.
letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2019/03/dialogue-part-one-barcodes.html

-The challenge, and charge, about dialogue is engaging in dialogue with those you disagree with
http://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2019/03/dialogue-part-two-charge.html

-I have not watched a lot of movies of late. That being said, I love writing movie reviews!
http://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2019/03/flick-picks.html

-I am a convert to the Kondo way of life. Spark Joy!
http://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2019/03/an-unlikely-convert.html

-The decisions we make are never easy when dealing with a moral dilemma.
http://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2019/04/moral-dilemma.html

-Whether I choose to have children or not, it is a valid choice and the choice is mine
http://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-choice-is-mine.html

-Pronouns matter, especially if you are a cisgender ally
http://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2019/06/pronouns.html

-The events of the riot still echo through history and resonate in the LGBTQ communities to this day
http://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-stonewall.html

-I never thought America would be the location of a Nazi rally. Then I watched "A Night at the Garden."
http://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-rally-at-garden.html

-I do not know how I survived the accident. I can only say that I am grateful to be alive, and blessed.
http://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2019/07/blessed.html

-I had never heard of a Black New Super Moon
http://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2019/07/black-new-super-moon.html

-I felt such relief when I finally had resolution
http://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2019/09/resolution.html

-Nothing holds as much potential in a writer's world than a blank notebook
http://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-notebook.html

-Connection is both the problem and the solution
http://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2019/10/connection.html

-I am glad to have arrived at lucky number seven
http://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2019/11/lucky-number-seven.html

-I love writing and reading newsletters in Christmas cards
http://letrasalaluna.blogspot.com/2019/12/christmas-newsletter-2019.html


I count the hours until the new year. See you soon 2020. I look forward to learning the lessons you will teach me.

Happy New Year one and all,

-E