We get to wipe the slate clean this morning.
By changing just one number from a four to a five, we get to start fresh.
I wish it was that easy…
I could hear the fireworks off in the distance at midnight only because my phone went crazy with text messages and woke me up.
I decided not to look at my phone and be surprised when I wake up. It made me feel happy that seventeen people thought about texting me at the start of 2025.
One of them texted me nine times.
“Dad!”
“Can you pick us up early tomorrow?”
“Dad?”
“Dad?”
“Dad?”
“Dad?”
“Dad!”
“Dad!”
“NVM”
Five minutes after the train whistle on my cellphone passed the bend, Georgie Boy jumped on my bed. He wished me a Happy New Year and gave me a sloppy kiss on my forehead.
After he gave me a hug and the first “I Love You” for 2025, I asked my phone to play the first song of the New Year.
I didn’t know what the first song was going to be. I figured that I’d let the algo decide. It could have been Gershwin it could have been Swift. I let Siri with the sexy British female voice pick the song.
Talking Heads, “Naïve Melody” was the first song of the New Year.
And there it was. Home is where I want to be, pick me up and turn me round.
This song reminds me of the movie “Wall Street. It reminds me of Lin Brehmer.
It reminds me that we have a short time together and every moment counts. It reminds me that we wake up innocent every morning. It reminds me that it is hard to search for love, but battles are easy to come by. It reminds me that all we need at the end of the day is security.
2025 started out with over a dozen people reaching out with love. It started with my daughter nagging me with love. It started with an “I Love You” from my firstborn.
I could be standing near the Eiffel Tower with a glass of champagne and it wouldn’t come close to how I started my New Year.
Because home is where I want to be and family and friends are all the security that I need…
Run to love and quickly flee from battle.
Keep an eye out for the sun and moon everyday this year and talk to yourself frequently.
And …..
…..Gather good moments in 2025
