There is an inside joke in my house.....as everyone knows this is truely my favorite time of the year.......I ask......"anyone know what time it is?" and the answer is always the same....Christmas Time. This is truely the season that makes me shine more then any other time of the year.....even summer....if you can beleive that!
It is time where people are just a little nicer, sweeter, they smile more....like the snowman.....that is why the snow man is my favorite depictor other then Jesus of course....as to not loose the true sight of the holiday of Christmas.....as I have never seen a sad snowman!
No matter what challenges that comes to the snowman.....he still has a smile on his face....embraces the fun and smiles through them. I do not look for challenges in during the Christmas season...and hope they are not looking for me. As we all approach the Christmas and the last day of the year, it truely is a time to reflect on the year, and the year to come......2012.
There are many changes I personally want to make for myself this year...and have already began my resolution list......many resolutions I could not keep this year....and many I just had to make up as I went along....this truely will be a year I will be glad to see go down in "history" and leave it behind. I have learned many of lifes valuable lessons....some I guess God brought me through to learn and know I can survive...and many I hope that He will accept that I have learned and will never have to go through again. This year, 2011, truely has been one of the most challenging years in all of my "39 and holding" years.
My many friends have kept me strong this year....even at my weakest moments. When I felt like there was no hope to be found........I leaned on many of you, my readers and my bloggers for the much needed support of strength and I say thank you. I look back in some of my weakest moments, and if you were not supportive, I surely would not be who I am today. My world as I knew it was crashing around my feet for most of the year....and just like Moses holding me up, I had calls, texts, emails of support from so many, many who did not even realize my personal struggles, but your support, a word, encouragement, a text.......sometimes....just you being busy or having something else going at the time I called........was the right thing for me at that moment. So THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!
As we approach one of the busiest seasons.....I wish all of the readers and bloggers the same........the most enjoyable rest of the season........a prosperous new year 2012. All of your dreams and wishes of the season to come to you. I do have much to be thankful for....and will grasp the last of this 2011 as we all approach a new and Happy New Year. Many changes in my life this year, and I will enbrace them all as I embark into another year.
I have watched from my FB page the growth of many friends.....changes in their lives...from children, marriages, new relationships, illness, losses......and challenges they too have faced this year. To all of you, you all remain in my thoughts and prayers each and every day. For challenges truely keep us on our toes...and forever stronger. This truely is the season of giving.....not just of stuff.....but of self! So to all my bloggers and readers, I wish to you the happiness of the season....and the best 2012 you could ever ask for.......let's start the new year over.....from scatch.....and pray for the Best ever! UNTIL..........
