Friday, December 31, 2010

Goodbye, 2010!


At the end of 2009, I reviewed my year in a blog post. That’s not happening this year. Some very good things happened in 2010, but for the most part, I’d rather not think too hard about the past year.







Last summer my pastor preached about times when you’re living in the belly of a big stinky fish. You’re alive, but you almost wish you had died, because living in that stinky fish belly is so miserable. That’s what 2010 felt like for parts of the year.





As the last hours of 2010 go by, I’m grateful to have survived this less than wonderful year. I’m grateful for my friends who stood by me and listened to me and comforted me. I’m grateful to my pastor, who sometimes tells me things I don’t want to hear, but that I need to acknowledge. And I’m grateful to Dr. Lobo, who lived with me in the stinky fish belly and loved me through it.

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Tomorrow is the beginning of a new year, and I am greeting it with enthusiasm and hope. I wish for all of us a very good 2011.

2 comments:

Oklahoma Granny said...

Happy New Year! Wishing you an exciting and productive year and more blessings than you can count.

Melinda said...

I love the opportunity we have to start a clean slate. Funny thing is, we have the ability to do this each morning we open our eyes, not just on a wintery January morning..
Best wishes to your new year!