Cast Away 2005
As we prepare to start 2006 in just a few short hours, I can't help but think back on this past year. I'm sure that I am not alone in this sort of reflection. I feel the need to purge myself and set 2005 free. With that said, please indulge me.
This was a very difficult year for me personally. It started with my mother's illness taking a turn for the worse right after last New Year's. It was a turn from which she never regained her footing. The first few months saw her in and out of the hospital several times. By March 25th, God called her home. The experience of losing your mother is something that I could write on and on about...and perhaps, one day I will. But for now, I think of her every day and miss her intensely.
By June, we were debating whether or not to add a room to our house. We had just outgrown it in the last five years. We were adamant about NOT moving, though. We loved that house. It was built for us; we had made all of the decisions and picked everything out. We wanted a little more room, for sure, but not a different house.
By July, we were house hunting. As the old saying goes, "Careful what you wish for." Everything happened so quickly that we were slightly in shock everytime we told someone that we were moving in a month. But it's quite obvious when God has a plan. Sometimes you just have to go along for the ride.
The start of the new school year saw many changes for me at work. I lost the principal that I had worked with for the last three years. And while I could have followed him to his new assignment, I decided to stay and see how things worked out. With a new administrator comes new policies, rules, and regulations. In a nutshell, I am considering my options for the next year.
On November 1st, I was in a car accident that totaled our van and probably should have totaled me as well. How I came away from that with only a fracture in my wrist was a complete act of God. I also had Hannah and Eva in the car with me, plus a friend of their's and a friend of mine who was 8 months pregnant at the time. The other driver was cited and now, of course, we are in the midst of the settlement process due to my injury and medical bills. For anyone who is curious: being in a cast sucks!
The holidays brought about some painful times as these were the first ones without my mom. But having two children of my own has forced me to find some inner strength and make as many happy memories as I can for them. We decided to keep our family traditions alive, so Christmas Eve was a big affair at our house. It seems harder for my dad than for me or the rest of my family. His loss is so much different than mine.
Now here I sit, waiting for another year to vanish right before my eyes. Time doesn't stop for anyone or anything. The moment you are living in right now is really all that you have. So what are you doing on the internet? Go ahead and make some wonderful memories of your own. Tell the ones you love how you really feel. Help that stranger that you just walked past so quickly. Extend an olive branch to someone you might have hurt or who might have hurt you. Find some small way to make a difference in this world. What are you waiting for? Set your past free and live fully today.
Happy New Year's!!!!
This was a very difficult year for me personally. It started with my mother's illness taking a turn for the worse right after last New Year's. It was a turn from which she never regained her footing. The first few months saw her in and out of the hospital several times. By March 25th, God called her home. The experience of losing your mother is something that I could write on and on about...and perhaps, one day I will. But for now, I think of her every day and miss her intensely.
By June, we were debating whether or not to add a room to our house. We had just outgrown it in the last five years. We were adamant about NOT moving, though. We loved that house. It was built for us; we had made all of the decisions and picked everything out. We wanted a little more room, for sure, but not a different house.
By July, we were house hunting. As the old saying goes, "Careful what you wish for." Everything happened so quickly that we were slightly in shock everytime we told someone that we were moving in a month. But it's quite obvious when God has a plan. Sometimes you just have to go along for the ride.
The start of the new school year saw many changes for me at work. I lost the principal that I had worked with for the last three years. And while I could have followed him to his new assignment, I decided to stay and see how things worked out. With a new administrator comes new policies, rules, and regulations. In a nutshell, I am considering my options for the next year.
On November 1st, I was in a car accident that totaled our van and probably should have totaled me as well. How I came away from that with only a fracture in my wrist was a complete act of God. I also had Hannah and Eva in the car with me, plus a friend of their's and a friend of mine who was 8 months pregnant at the time. The other driver was cited and now, of course, we are in the midst of the settlement process due to my injury and medical bills. For anyone who is curious: being in a cast sucks!
The holidays brought about some painful times as these were the first ones without my mom. But having two children of my own has forced me to find some inner strength and make as many happy memories as I can for them. We decided to keep our family traditions alive, so Christmas Eve was a big affair at our house. It seems harder for my dad than for me or the rest of my family. His loss is so much different than mine.
Now here I sit, waiting for another year to vanish right before my eyes. Time doesn't stop for anyone or anything. The moment you are living in right now is really all that you have. So what are you doing on the internet? Go ahead and make some wonderful memories of your own. Tell the ones you love how you really feel. Help that stranger that you just walked past so quickly. Extend an olive branch to someone you might have hurt or who might have hurt you. Find some small way to make a difference in this world. What are you waiting for? Set your past free and live fully today.
Happy New Year's!!!!
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