I wanted to finish 2025 with some gratefulness in my part. A reminder to myself that even though my life, which I share with my partner, is full of strife and issues that keep popping up, disabilities to battle with, and endless fight against poverty...I have good things too. And isn't holiday season just the time to try to remember those things and really cherish them?

(Yes, this is very "Hallmark" of me - but to be fair I have spent the last month or so watching a lot of them and the fluff and good feels in them has actually been really nice. Sometimes it is good to just hang your brain to rest and watch stuff with super low stakes to give those stress hormones a bit of a holiday too.)

Yes, this is another year that I did not get a gift and see our "feast" as my annual gift. (That being a ham.) But I get to eat with my partner, play video games on my holiday, and do my hobbies. My business is slowly growing too, and this comic has grown this year as well. I have hope for the future to be better - while I will also sit in the now and appreciate what I do have.

I wish that same for all of you.

Quiet down - maybe without screens for a bit - and really try to find the good things in your life too. No matter how small. Clean sheets, a shower, shelter, food - maybe a friend you can always text and should message more - a pet, a hobby you love, enough money to pay the bills, a vehicle, stuffed animal, good memories, a favorite book. Whatever is good, please see it among all of the doom and gloom.

Life with IH is hard, but we don't need to let our minds focus on just the bad and make it worse. There is life between the long (or short and equally exhausting) sleeps. There is hope to make things little better.

And if you, or someone you love is stuck in the gloom and depression - please get help. You are worth it. You are loved whether you see it or not.

Take care, stay safe, and I'll be back in January with a new comic. <3

Sincerely: Milo