goodbye, 2025.
and hello to a whole lot of change.
Hello, dear readers.
Well it is the end of the year and since October I apologize as I have kind of… disappeared. I kept trying to show up, and it felt… false. Fake. Like I was hiding something and acting like everything was fine.
Because I was, and it wasn’t. Everything was not fine, and I was hiding something.
You see, along with various other struggles and road blocks here these days, in October my husband of 21 years and I decided to divorce. I don’t feel like I need to share on the world wide web the hows and whys of our relationship, but he has returned to the United States, and our daughter and I have stayed here in Spain. And so, at nearly-54, I am starting 2026 with a lot of change. I am, step by step, creating a life on my own: a single mother, a foreigner trying to navigate Spanish bureaucracy, building a business, trying to stay positive. I am pleased to report that the majority of the days, but definitely not all days, I am achieving that.
Some weeks we are not majority positive, it’s true. Of course they are not. Some weeks are sad or overwhelming or all the emotions all at the same time. And I have taken these last months of the year to really process these changes.
I do believe that these changes will be, in the long run, good ones. I know that my daughter and I will both be creating a beautiful life here in Spain. I never stopped thinking, knowing, trusting that was possible. I have big ideas for this upcoming year, and despite low energy and challenges for both of us abounding, I know that we will get there. We just have to take it step by step. In 2026, we are going to trust the path will open up as we take each step.
More later, my friends. I can’t wait to see what this new year holds for us all.
-holly
