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Everyone Celebrates TogetherJanet Kuypers12/1/16
I’ve always been the one to plan everything.
It’s weird to think that ancient calendars
and it’s weirder to think that this celebrating started
But even though other cultures use different calendars
Ethiopians celebrate the rain on September 11th.
The Chinese New Year varies with the lunar calendar,
all in red for good luck for the next year. Some countries
I saw this new year’s Polar Bear Plunge repeatedly, #
So yeah, I usually plan everything, so one December
And I told someone else to come up with a plan.
“Let’s watch the ball drop in New York City.”
And my first impulse was to think this was ludicrous,
But then I gave it a second thought:
maybe I could float the idea their way, and maybe
to just one saleswoman I’ve never met in person,
so we could train to the city with her son and his friends
and the next thing I knew we were road tripping #
And in times like this, in times where we celebrate,
brought me to the Chrysler Building so I could see
And that’s the only time I took a photograph
you never really think about unless the news is bad.
people complain about the traffic in New York,
and on this one trip the roads were my friends
on New Year’s Eve, my coworker’s son, his name
with new friends, in a new town, until we found
And on this one night, we all screamed together,
even leaning on each other for a nap on the ride home
to work on that bucket list — even if you don’t have one —
suggestion to try something you’ve never tried before.
for moments you’ll never forget. And remember, with
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