Hopefully, 2012 will be as good for each and every one of us as 2011 was for my dear friend, the jazz singer, Downie Streahl

On her facebook page, Downie posted this today:

I don't know about you all....

but last year was the year that I cried, loved, laughed,

and learned like no other before........

And I am happy for every feeling I felt in 2011.

And I am happy that I have given myself permission to be human!!!!!

And until we allow ourselves to feel

all of the feelings we have

we cannot know truly what it is to be human!

To learn more about this amazing woman, I refer you to her facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=669965793