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As 2012 has ended...

As 2012 has ended and 2013 is beginning, I am called to reflect on this past year. As with all the 33 years I've lived, each one brings good times and bad times. This year brought one of the worst, darkest times in my life...the death of my mom. It also started out on a bad note with mine and my mom's health not being the best. However, it started out with my husband having a permanent job locally and no longer having to travel. It also was the end of my mom's suffering and the beginning of her faith becoming a reality. As hard as it was to let go, I have hope and faith that I will see her again and I won't have to see her ever again in pain! This year has tested my faith not only in having my mom suffer and die, but in tribulations with family and friends. I have had the amazing experience, however, of becoming good friends with my sister-in-law, becoming closer with my brother, and getting to spend the last few months of my mom's life with her almost daily. I have