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 T’was the night before the night before Christmas  

and Lucinda’s sitting in her apartment in Paradise going to tell you how grateful she is for life.  

And the year that she’s had.  

Let me go month by month as fast as I can  

JANUARY 

very dark  

dark night of the Soul  

FEBRUARY  

went for help  

got it  

MARCH 

light started to come in  

was very obvious it was not a train  

APRIL 

upright  

more  

at the beach  

feet in the sand  

working with people  

loving life  

getting my sea legs back  

MAY 

starting to work with a mentor in England on my memoir  

JUNE 

thriving  

JULY  

thriving even more  

AUGUST 

still thriving in the sunshine of the spirit  

SEPTEMBER 

honing my writing skills  

playing in the sand  

meeting visitors  

loving life  

dancing with friends on the sidewalk  

singing Harmony  

entertaining people from a microphone and a captive audience stance  

OCTOBER 

a dimmer light  

but still warm  

still sunny  

still hopeful  

got some help and it helped  

NOVEMBER  

went back to Oklahoma  

saw people that matter  

came back to Paradise  

had a bit of a bug  

but that didn’t matter  

because my spirit is still high  

DECEMBER 

here we sit  

what a year  

And I’m still here 

FEBRUARY 

I wanted to die and knew how to do it and where to go to make it happen  

DECEMBER 

I want nothing but the very opposite of that in fact I know there’s so much more coming there aren’t enough words and they’re certainly not enough time in these two minutes to tell you but I’m so clear so clear can I just say it again I’m so clear that so much is in gestation with me  

Just look out 2023  

and that’s time but just for now  

so if you’re having a dark day in December  

keep looking forward keep looking up.  

And remember, there’d be no music if there weren’t rest so if you need some take some.  

Love you. 

Lucinda