What does New Year’s Eve mean to your hero or heroine, if anything, and what will he or she be doing? What about you, the writer? Is New Year’s Eve going to be memorable?
One way I have always evaluated my own life is to look at what I am doing on New Year’s Eve and with whom as the marker of progress.
This year I’m having a party for my mother who broke her hip on Thanksgiving. To me this is a sign of progress, because through this ordeal, she and I have really become friends and I am so appreciative of that. My wonderful assistant Chris and his wife Katie are attending, which pleases me to no end! There are other people coming, each of whom I care about deeply. Their presence will also symbolic of other successes during this past year. To end the year surrounded by the people you care most about is truly a blessing.
