A New Year

I can't believe it's a brand new year already.  So much happened in 2010 and yet looking back, it feels like it just flew by.  I guess that is what happens when you get older. I can remember when I was young that time just seemed to stand still. When you are in school, you can't wait for summer break and it feels like it takes FOREVER to come.  Yet, as an adult, where there are no summer breaks for me, it feels the like the years just come and go and come and go.  50 is right around a couple of corners for me.  Remember when 50 was so old? It's looking younger and younger as each year passes.

In this new year starting I already have things to look forward to and the time will most likely pass quickly.  Maddy will be starting kindergarten this year.  She will ride the school bus for the very first time. She already lost her first tooth at Christmas and she is changing every single day. She is starting to be less passive where she tries to please, please, please everyone all of the time.  She is starting to get a little bit of attitude and assertiveness.  She wants to play soccer.  She doesn't like ballet but she loves hip hop.  Turn the radio to country music and it's hurting her ears but put in on R&B station and she is in heaven.  She loves hats and is starting to get quite the collection.  She loves Jesus and lets everyone know it.  I hope she never looses her Love for Christ and her love for sharing his good news with anyone she sees. 

In this new year, I hope to see Sarah accepted to a dental school.  It is her passion and her dream.  It's very hard to get accepted and she is already experiencing the rejection of schools.  I also hope that this new year will bring her a "big person job" as she likes to call it.  While she waits to hear from schools, having a full-time job will bring back to her some self esteem and confidence.  It will also reassure her that she didn't go to school and get two degrees for nothing.  And, it will lessen the burdens on her shoulders for paying off loans and medical bills.  She will also finally get to be back on her father's medical insurance.  She will be able to get her eyes checked and go to the dentist herself which is something she actually looks forward to twice/year.  Tell me, who LOVES the smell of the dentist?  NOT me.  But she does.  She loves the smell, the sounds, and the thought of having her teeth cleaned.  She truly is meant to work in the field of dentistry.

I'm not sure what this year will bring for Marty or myself but I pray that it is just a simple, healthy, fun-filled life with our children and grand-children.  We were told recently that there might be another grand-baby in the year 2011.  That will make 6 for us.  Bring it on I say!  We love our grand-children.

Here's to 2011 and all that it has to offer!