01/01/2026
As we close out 2025, I’m reflecting on the last 365 days. I’ve rarely lived with regret—always believing that life’s circumstances, even the painful ones, are meant to teach us something. Yet this past year has been different.
Since the January 7th LA wildfires, regrets have surfaced in quiet, unexpected ways. The things we left behind. The boys’ handprints and footprints made into Christmas ornaments. Photos I never digitized. Family heirlooms and art pieces—now reduced to ashes.
The one that still tugs at me most: choosing to break down all of our holiday decorations instead of spending that rare, warm January afternoon with our boys on our newly finished deck, soaking in this breathtaking sunset together.
If there’s one learning I carry forward from this heartbreak, it’s this: live every moment meaningfully as if it truly matters, because you never know. Drink the expensive wine instead of saving it for “someday.” Sit in the sunset. Choose presence over productivity. Love loudly. Pause often.
Here’s to a more meaningful, grounded, and peaceful 2026! And to less time dismantling decorations or battling insurance paperwork, and more time living the life right in front of us.
Cheers 🥂
