The golden masks were aglow under the chandeliers, the smiles were genuine and enchanting, and the feet were sashaying to Strauss' Blue Danube. And the company was exceptional, as only family can be. It was New Year's Eve 2006.
It was a different life for us, the closing year of a decade of fancy New Year's Eve Balls in old capitals of Europe. Before my child was born, before I switched jobs, before my father passed.
I was thumbing through photo albums yesterday, bringing back the years that passed so fast. And they were good years. I was lucky and I knew it. They will stay with me forever.
But things change, some for the worse, inevitable. Others change for the better, always welcome.
May this new year bring only the good (and so far so good).
Have a happy and healthy 2013!
It sounds like you truly had some magical New Year's Eves in the past! But I agree that change often brings welcome changes so may 2013 be a wonderful year!
ReplyDeleteHere's to 2013! Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteThis was so beautiful! I hope your year is a fabulous one!
ReplyDeleteSounds beautiful. I love the old stories my mother used to tell us about New Year Balls in the thirties before the war in Europe. Always Strauss and always The Blue Danube with a little Faust or Tales of Hoffman thrown in for good measure.
ReplyDeleteSo far this year is starting out very difficult but I'm hoping things will change soon.
Thank you all for your support and warm wishes! I am hoping 2013 will be better than 2012 (although like you said, so far it is a bit tough...)
ReplyDeleteGosh, you're gorgeous, mature and wise, dear. Meet me Upstairs for a Big-Ol beer... gotta lotta tok bout celebrating our eternal resurrection.
ReplyDeleteGod bless your indelible soul.
Gosh, you're gorgeous, mature and wise, dear. Meet me Upstairs for a Big-Ol beer... gotta lotta tok bout celebrating our eternal resurrection.
ReplyDeleteGod bless your indelible soul.