#245 The Furnished Room- O. Henry

#245 The Furnished Room- O. Henry

We end this calendar year where this project began, with an O. Henry Story. I hope this past year treated you well, and I hope your New Year is prosperous, and happy. I urge you, as you celebrate with family in warmth and comfort, to spare a thought to those less fortunate souls that suffer in the cold; hungry, needy and just steps outside our doors.

This is an apt tale to tell in such times. “Homeless, they have a hundred homes. They flit from furnished room to furnished room—transients in abode, transients in heart and mind.”

Of course this story is more than just about that. It’s about change, and loss, and loneliness, and longing. This encompasses all the emotions one can feel being alone in an apartment in New York City. The impermanence of apartment living, wondering who lived there before, can make you feel insignificant, meaningless, and cold.

I sincerely hope your New Year’s is happier and less ominous than this story.

Word of the Day: Fugacious –tending to disappear, fleeting. (google)