I wasn’t depressed about my wrinkles or my bank account. I rejoiced that the sun filled me with its beauty and warmth, seducing the flowers into bloom and the calves and foals and sheep from their mothers’ bellies. I remembered how very much I love this life and its infinite beauty and mystery and possibility. I remembered what a gift it is to live in Durango and get to share this stage with all of you! I believe that I have finally remembered the recipe for happiness that I had thought I lost forever when my husband died in 2008. It is true that happiness is an inside job. I know my husband, Ronnie, is smiling with me now and, somehow, I trust that tomorrow’s going to be even more miraculous, and he’ll be there with me savoring every moment!

Susan Urban

Durango