Getting Through

I use getting through as a life strategy. I get through one thing, and then another, and then another. Why do we speak of life events as something we need to get through?

I got through the holidays. More to the point, I got to spend precious time with my family. I felt like I was in a movie when I met my friend Sherill on a blustery day in a trendy bistro near Pike’s Market in Seattle; spirits were high; our conversation was magic; it was exciting to be on the streets instead of in the kitchen...