Happy October.  September is gone, and like most of summer, I ushered it by with my eyes shut tightly.  Fall is my favorite season, but when it arrived, I didn’t feel ready to welcome it with my usual favorite traditions- football, cider, admiring the leaves changing against bright blue skies.  That’s because I still hadn’t accepted that summer came and went, and everything I rushed through it for was no longer going to be my reality.  September was caught up in the tumultuousness of everything that went down, so I’m sad to say, it was another month crammed into the garbage can.  Now that it’s a new month, I want to savor every day of it.  I don’t want to find myself awake on November 1st with any regrets.

I’ve never been a big fan of Anne Hathaway.  More indifferent, really, but today I was reading an interview of hers where she talked about going through what probably has been some of the worst times of her life.  After her boyfriend was outed and arrested for international fraud or something, she was humiliated and lost everything she loved, while in the public spotlight.  She said something that really struck me.  She said that just as suddenly as the rug was pulled out from under her, her friends threw a new rug in to cushion her fall.  They rallied around her and supported her.  I got overwhelmed because I so relate to what she said. 

One of the best things about going through this rough patch is the reminder I’ve gotten, about what amazing friends and family I have surrounding me, supporting me, and loving me.  I guess it’s true that when you need them to fall back on, they really are there to cushion your fall.  I only hope that I can somehow find a way to thank each one of them for being such a wonderful part of my life.  I’m a very lucky girl...