May the good parts of 2017 stay with us, and may the bad parts recede quickly in the rear-view mirror.
And may 2018 bring all of the good things that we need, and a fair share of the good things we may not need but would like to have anyway, because a little fun and frivolity are good for the soul.
(The best advice my father ever gave me was, “As long as nobody’s getting hurt, ‘just for fun’ is a perfectly valid reason for doing anything.” My mother, more practical, said, “Make your bed first thing in the morning after you get out of it, or you’ll never make it all day.” They were both right.)