The eyes of Sarah Smiles: A fine wine..............

What a year.........it's almost the end of December 2015. In a few weeks time, 2016 will be here and it will be a clean slate to to fill up with memories.....

I've recovered from a stupid injury that pales in comparison to what my best friend has endured this year. This definitely has not been a stellar, barn burning, fabulous year for her. It's been quite the opposite. Now that it's almost over with....2016 WILL BE a better year for her.........just need to get through radiation.......and be given the "all clear" from her doc. She has battled breast cancer this year.

We are a group of 4 ladies who all went to school together (there are 6 of us all together, but 2 are friends we picked up along the way). We go back as far as grade school. That's a lot of years to be friends with someone. We spend most Friday evenings together, take trips together, suffer the bad (divorces...I'm the only one still married!), and celebrate the victories.......we all suffered and dealt with a bad blow to one of us, that of breast cancer.

We are not spring chicks anymore. We are like a really fine wine.....full of flavor and full bodied.....we are survivors and our friend has showed us just how to do that.........she's not out of the woods yet, but close enough to the exit that we can feel the fresh ocean breeze touching our cheeks and whispering in our ears............ 2016 will be a celebration of life.....living life each and everyday. Waking up and smelling the coffee.....going outside and smelling the roses blooming.........listening to the sounds of nature waking up on a spring morning......lifting our faces in the sunshine and feel the rays of warmth kissing our face...........yes, 2016 is another year.......another year to help push 2015 aside and live life.........