Let’s End This Nicely

I’ve covered bad and ugly; what about the good that happened in 2005? Just one more look back and I’ll be ready to move on. Pinky-swear.

Here are happy happenings from last year. At first, I thought about including only events that hurt no one at all, but then I realized I’d have only one or two items to talk about. So I opened up the list to include anything good – feel free to add whatever I’ve missed in the comments section or, as always, through anonymous hate mail.

On the bright side, I:

--Felt alive.

--No longer had to justify my love for Sarah Silverman, Lewis Black, or Kathy Griffin. B*tches blew up last year!

--Made new friends and reconnected with old ones.

--Hugged and kissed my kids.

--Suffered no disfiguring car accidents.

--Renewed wedding vows under a chuppa this time with a real, honest-to-goodness Rabbi, which means my children are finally legitimate and my husband is sticking with me. For a while anyway.

--Enjoyed self-satisfaction that comes with the rest of the country realizing Bush is bad, bad, bad. Finally someone agrees with me.

--Looked into your eyes and fell in love all over again.

--Told the truth.

--Lived to see Karl Rove cement his place in hell. Oh, wait. I don’t believe in hell. Damn.

--Watched my children get smarter and sweeter. And bolder. And more opinionated.

--Laughed through it all.

--Affected you. And you affected me, too.

It wasn’t so bad after all.