What a year 2020 has been. No matter your circumstances, your country or your political leaning, it has been a challenging year. We don’t expect 2021 to magically take us back to “normal,” it will take time; but we can make it the best year possible by putting some thought and energy into defining how we want our year to go. Annual planning, and envisioning how I want my year to go, is one of my favorite activities. It’s a special event I do with family and friends every year. This year, as we look towards 2021, I’m expanding my planning and visioning tent and would like to invite each of you, and your family and friends, to join me.

After days, months and years of increased stress in U.S. politics, yesterday was a relief. The tension in my shoulders is melting. I wish this relief was the same for everyone, but I know it’s not. I do hope the sentiment of reconciliation can truly pierce the distrust and misunderstanding that is out there.

You may not know that the celebrations of Halloween, Día de los Muertos and All Saints' Day are all expressions of an ancient Celtic celebration, Samhain (a Gaelic word pronounced “sow-win”), that marked the end of the harvest and the beginning of “the dark half of the year.”