So today is the first day in 2026 I feel vaguely functional.

I’ve said goodbye to a friend this week and while grief is a process he wouldn’t want me to do anything other than accept what will be will be.

The illness that stopped me attending the funeral in person has given way to a cough and a whole lot of muscle ache across my back.

So today I’m going to try to get the house in a shape for work next week.

On the #dnd front I sadly need to write an ending for a campaign that the party has decided they can’t continue due to the loss of the aforementioned friend.

Also a kind person pointed my in the direction of https://www.reddit.com/r/AdventuresOfGalder/s/EaRAUaX82r if your group has lost someone.

So today is my new year, my new start from a year end that I don’t need to ever repeat.

#newyear #newstarts #grief

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New Starts:
🎵 Under The Striplights (6 Music Session, 14 Aug 2024)

#NewStarts

https://darrenhayman.bandcamp.com/track/under-the-striplights

https://open.spotify.com/track/0j6vlwfUtKB3EoIHZ0kWqk

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe

New Starts:
🎵 What I Specifically Love (6 Music Session, 14 Aug 2024)

#NewStarts

https://darrenhayman.bandcamp.com/track/what-i-specifically-love

https://open.spotify.com/track/0xkfgSjn3s7SWsnihw6bUS

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe

New Starts:
🎵 What I Specifically Love (6 Music Session, 14 Aug 2024)

#NewStarts

https://darrenhayman.bandcamp.com/track/what-i-specifically-love

Quote for the day:

It is not our job to remain whole.
We came to lose our leaves
Like the trees, and be born again,
Drawing up from the great roots.

- Robert Bly

#quotes #NewStarts