Writing Exercise 055

Today the old year ends, and the new one begins. How are you celebrating? With your family, with your friends? Anyhow, it's time for the last writing exercise in 2016. And of course, the topic of this drabble is New Year. So before the fireworks begin, let's stop to look back for a second:

2016/12/31 – New Year (Drabble)

Where has the time gone? Another year has passed by quickly, oh, so quickly. Out of all the things that had happened, what do you remember most vividly? What was memorable enough to make your personal 2016? Perhaps it was something you achieved. Or an emotional experience. Or the face of a person dear to you. Whatever it was, it will stay with you when the clock strikes twelve and the new year begins. You may want to start fresh, you may want to carry your thrive over to 2017. Whatever you decide, I wish you a happy New Year!

In Between

I hope you had a lovely Christmas holiday with your loved ones.
Did you get a lot of nice presents? Was the feast delicious and your company enjoyable?

As New Year's comes next, I ponder. A lot of things have happened this year ever since I started this blog. Good things, exciting things mostly; but also sad and crazy things that I wouldn't have thought ever to happen. In retrospective the good things almost always weigh out the bad things.
I made new friends and reconciled with old ones. I published two books and a translation of one and wrote another, which is now in beta stage -- both the English and the German edition. I made a promise to marry the one I love! I joined a literature project and found my enrepreneurial spirit.
So I'm taking all these positive things with me and look forward to 2017.
I'm not going to dewll on what might be or should be or could be next year; what's more important is to acknowledge the things I've accomplished and draw strength from that to accept whatever the future has in store for me. All I know is, that it's going to be another exciting year, and I'm looking forward to sharing this with you.