The past year has probably been the most turbulent year of my life so far with so many changes and challenges to cope with and since I never was a multitasker by nature, I always have to let go of some things when I need to focus on something bigger and more important.
First of all congratulations on your Hive birthday. Life sometimes brings challenges, and we learn to cope from these turbulent times, isn't it ? ( otherwise, we just let it go always). Human nature is like that, given choice, we always pick the comfortable one, but if you don't have choice, then you grow a strong mindset to deal with anything. These times will be memorable moments of life.
And a lovely post to catch up with what's going on, sorry to hear about the 800th birthday gift, a natural calamity always brings pain, but the administration / govt should plan better to have them again, or at least deal with the situation better.
And to the best part - Florecita (Flora ), our little princess will always inspire you both to go through all these difficulties. She has that divine gift reflecting on her face. Always remember that famous quote from Bhagbad Gita - this too shall pass. So enjoy the ride and everything will be absolutely fine.
Thanks for these kind and wise words my friend, it really means a lot. You are right, our default setting is to always go for the most comfortable way but life doesn´t work like that and we need to adapt to whatever it throws at us ;)
As for the floods, I remember similarly devastating floods in our region in 1997 and since then, various anti-flood measures have been taken here but unfortunately, the floods that came this year were much bigger than those in 1997. Bigger than anyone could predict and expect. That´s why the damage now is even greater than in 1997, despite the safety measures. But climate has been messed up all over the world and we need to expect the unexpectable now. Unfortunately. A few years ago, for example, another part of my country was hit by a tornado, something that never happened here before.
You are right about Florecita. She is our little angel, our everything :) Thanks again for your lovely comment.