I'll never meet the ground...

So here we are ... the final stretch. I can feel my body grasping for the strength to push through. What a year, for sure, and it's not nearly over yet. The countdown begins and as I sit back and ready myself for all of my choices to unfold, I cannot help but reminisce about the journey that led me here - the people I met along the way, those of you I lost ... all of it took a greater toll on me than I dare to admit, especially the losses. I know that life often forces us to say goodbye, and that each one of those goodbyes is meaningful and necessary for our growth, but I wonder still, if they could have somehow been avoided. If there was something more I could have said, could have done, could have forgiven.