Happy New Year!

I just love New Years. I love the freshness of this time of the year. I love the potential a new year brings and the hope for something great, something different, something better. Or, if last year was great, then the hope for more of the same.

I'm not typically one to make resolutions. More often than not, I don't last long and then the rest of the year is spent regretting the fact that I failed miserably at achieving goals made so early in the year. But this year I want to give myself something to work toward. This mid-January resolution of sorts needs to be something doable and something that can't be ruined by one bad day, one tiny slip up; the way that sneaking just one little m & m could ruin a no sugar goal for the whole year. This has to be something so worthwhile that I'll keep at it, and so important that it won't be forgotten before the end of the year.

What I've come up with may sound trite but I assure you and more importantly, I know for myself, that this isn't just some rhetoric I'm putting out there to make myself look or sound any certain way. What I want to achieve this year, for myself, is to be a better wife, a better mom, a better sister, daughter and friend. And I can't leave myself out of this, I want to be a better me as well, if that makes sense. This is something I know I can truly work on every day, and it's important enough that I will stick with it throughout the year. I'm not demanding perfection of myself in any way. I simply hope that at the end of 2009 I can say that I did my best, and that I improved,whether a lot or a little, in those aspects of my life.

I'm looking forward with anticipation to 2009 and all it has to offer. Hopefully this year will be full of love, joy, happiness, and wonder. Unfortunately, I am aware that it may bring sorrow, grief, and pain as well. But that's the magic of not knowing exactly what's in store for each of us this year. So, here's to growth and change this year in whatever form it may come.