The calendar turns. One year becomes another, and for a moment it can feel as though we are standing at a clear dividing line between what has been and what comes next. But our lives rarely arrange themselves so neatly. We arrive at the end of a year carrying unfinished things with us. Questions we haven't answered. Decisions we haven't made. Dreams that changed along the way. Work still in progress. Relationships still unfolding. Losses we're still learning to live with. Ide