“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)
I'll Call It Like I See It 
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