On looking at the calendar this morning, I realized that today is the many-year anniversary of my liberation from a very unhappy and unpleasant situation.  Looking back on it, I marvel at how young and foolish I was in those days, thinking that my life was falling apart around me.  Now I can see that the unpleasant situation actually did me a lot of good, by helping me to assess who I am and what I want out of life.

 

Therefore, today I will celebrate the acquisition of self-knowledge.  I will celebrate the freedom to be myself, with no need to apologize for my idiosyncracies.   I will also celebrate the happiness of my life and the joy of having dear friends who understand my obsession with sticks and string.  I will revel in the ability to do what I choose, when I choose, and with whom I choose.

 

How will I celebrate?  Some sort of special dinner, I think, with a drop of Screech to accompany it.  Just a wee drop, though, as there is lace knitting awaiting me beside the Knitting Throne, and over-indulging in Screech will inevitably result in either tinking or frogging, neither of which is a desirable process.

 

Onward to the future...