I guess it would only be right to say our goodbye’s to this wonderful year! For better or worse, we got through it and we are here today, alive being able to celebrate the coming of the new year. I wrote my first blog a year ago on this very topic. I see so many people ready for this year to be over. Ready to start the new year. Although I look forward to what 2012 has in store for me, I leave this past year with many great and some sad memories. None that I would change. You see, to me, it is my belief that the events that occurred this past year help mold me in to the better and stronger person I will be in the coming year. I think too many times people get caught up in the celebrations of the coming year, but not many reflect and are grateful for the many blessings that the past year brought to them.
This year, I learned, that your life can change from one moment to another. My husband lost his father this past year, my daughters lost a grandfather and their grandmother lost a husband. A very sad day for his loved ones. It is because of this event that 2011 will not be forgotten in the hearts closest to him. But with his departure from this world, came a sense of peace. He is in a better place, free from any pain or agony. His loved ones are no longer worried about his suffering and his memory is carried in their hearts.
I turned the BIG 30! My oldest child started middle school and my middle child started kindergarten. Two huge milestones in a child’s life! My daughter’s are older, prettier and smarter, but most importantly, they are healthy, I am healthy!!! 2011 had its challenges but it also had its great and wonderful moments. Moments that I will cherish for a lifetime!
So yes, bring in the new year with hopes of a better tomorrow. With bigger and better dreams and goals to accomplish. Create better opportunities for yourself then the past year. But do it with all the wisdom, knowledge and strength that you carried from 2011!
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