Welcome to the New Year

So, it's the beginning of January, in the year 2010.

I've never really been one for making new years resolutions, but I have always been one for reflection, and over the last few days I've certainly been doing a lot of that. I think that part of it is because of my husband's most recent blog post. (http://ghostsinthegame.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-resolve.html) He's not usually one for reflection, but every once in a while... *shrugs* Anyways...

Like I said, I've been doing a lot of thinking over the last few days, mostly about what has happened in my life in the last 10 years...

I found my husband...
I graduated from high school...
I found one of the best friends I think I'll ever have... (you better know who you are!)
I lost my uncle, one of the most important men in my life...
I got my batchelor's degree...
I got my first job, which I'm still at...
I got married...
I moved away from home...
I found some friends that I had lost contact with, and are now some of the best friends I think I'll ever have... (you better know who you are, too!)
I lost my dad, the most important man in my life...
I bought a house...
I got cats of my own (I'd always had cats at home but when we were renting we couldn't have pets)...
Our house was broken into and we were robbed...
I bought a car, which involved getting rid of a car that had belonged not only to my dad, but to my grandpa...
We were in a car accident... In our new car...
I got pregnant...

There's been a lot more, obviously, but these are some of the big things.

And I wonder about how these things have affected the person I've become, and the way that person views the world around her.

And I wonder about what's going to happen in the future... In the year to come? In the next 5 years? In the next 10 years? Some of the answers are fairly obvious (like the baby coming!), but some of them... I just don't know.

Anyways, the long and the short of this is, I have a blessing and a wish for all of you.

The blessing is one that I actually have on a wall hanging in my living room. I'm just passing it on.

"May the sun
Bring you new energy by day.
May the moon
Softly restore you by night.
May the rain
Wash away your worries.
May the breeze
Blow more strength into your being.
May you walk gently through the world
And know it's beauty
All the days of your life."

The wish is similar, but it's from me.

May your life be full of joy and wonder, and may the bad never be outweighed by the good. May you never have more troubles than you can bear with the help of those closest to you, and may each trouble only make you stronger.

All the best in the new year!