“We move through our lives shedding skins – kissing older versions or ourselves goodbye and kissing newer versions hello.”
Wish I had written this, but the quote was a line delivered recently by the main character in the TV drama series, Bull, which I watch occasionally at Ion television when I have exhausted my other streaming possibilities.
The Dr. Jason Bull quote I could relate to especially on the beginning of the New Year 2026. I liked the idea of shedding skins, kissing the older version of myself goodbye and kissing a newer version hello.
I will be 80 years old in April, 2026, which means I can look back to several lifetimes of skin shedding in those decades spilling over from one century to the next.
Some skins were painful to shed, and some were full of joy because that’s how “shedding” works. Some fell somewhere in between on a continuum of not understanding whether the skin I was shedding was one step forward and two steps back or two steps forward and no steps back. Shedding isn’t necessarily crystal clear.
As the New Year 2026 begins, I hope our Resolutions include the possibility of kissing our new skins hello and kicking our old skins to the curb. Yes, that definitely was my quote – sounds just like me.
Happy New Year!
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Nana and Naynay, Kitty and Kaka on the playground
New Year’s Eve with four grandmothers, three granddaughters
(and one random child along for the ride)
the little girls growing up too fast – and reluctant to say goodbye
(how many skins will they shed in their lifetimes)
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13 responses to “Shedding Old Skins: Embracing New Beginnings in 2026”
Looks like New Year was warm and sunny with you! Beautiful but bitterly cold here 😀 We hope it brings better things. It will bring my first visit to North America… the 51st state by then, probably. So, have the plans for the 80th celebrations started yet?!!!
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Coming to Canada??!! Oh, I wish you would make a detour to South Carolina!! Let me know when you’ll be crossing the pond!!
Just ideas swirling about the 80th. You know me – I would like to see old friends and family but times are tough around the old hacienda!!
Stay tuned…
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Sadly the reason for the visit is to see a family member who has had a hard prognosis from a brain tumour. We’ll spend some good time with them.
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I am so very sorry. Truly sorry.
These are the days that try our souls.
Pretty and I send hugs and safe travels for all who make journeys of all kinds.
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Not great times but you do get a chance to make the best of things if you get warning. Huge hugs back to you and Pretty. xAx
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Happy New Year to you and Pretty. May 2026 be filled with many magical moments.
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Thanks so much, June – and back at ya!!
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2025 was the year of the Snake, and 2026 is the year of the fire horse. Time to shed the old skin and embrace a year of dynamic energy. Happy New Year!!
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Onward.
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So so true. Here we go…Sent from my iPad
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Thanks for reading!! You saw me in the painful old skins of secrets and lies…
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Fast away the old year passes…
As much as I hate the turning of the old year into the new year, it does give us the opportunity to shed old views and old skins.
Happy New Year!
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Fast away the old year passes…we hope for better days in our new skins in 2026!!
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