Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

Happy New Year!, originally uploaded by Solitaire Miles.

Oh! Apologies to regular readers and to myself for not writing anything for three weeks. I was ill. Again. Along with rest of Brighton.Then Santa came and emptied his sack in our living room and then it was New Year and the first week has gone by already.

All the papers are writing about how this is bumper time for divorce lawyers. The Independent says, 'Affairs, abuse and simple boredom could see as many as 1.8 million couples contemplate splitting after a fortnight spent largely without the distractions of work....A stressful Christmas can often be the final nail in the marital coffin.' Yikes!

Apparently Relate sees a 50% rise in it's calls over Xmas and the New Year. The time most notorious for life reflection certainly inspires people to take action-whether it's to attempt to rediscover what has been lost or to bite the bullet and move on to pastures new.

Meanwhile, there are others deciding that New Years Eve is the day to get married. While this is undeniably romantic, often the anniversary of the day that the proposal took place and already steeped in memory, if it goes pear shaped, every new year for life will hold a volcano of emotion. I know, it's not the attitude one would expect from a positive wedding coach like me. It's just a private thought that I'm sharing on here because I'm not convinced that it's the greatest idea what with divorce lawyers dubbing the first monday in January as D Day!

Personally,I LOVE the New Year. It's like a mini transition that we all, the world over experience together-more or less and everyone has their way of dealing with it. While some will attempt to lose themselves any way possible there are others who will embrace another significant time of life and learn from what has passed, enjoy riding the wave into the new and celebrate being alive to discover the opportunity and possibility that lays in wait in 2008. That's me! Hope it's you too. A big belated HAPPY NEW YEAR!