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 made a lot of new friends and become closer to some old friends. I learned a lot about my dad...not through anything either of us said or did, but just from living life and going through some Bible studies that were actually for something totally different, but shed some light into why he is the person he is. It helped me to not only understand him more, but love him more and better. I watched my child grow into an even sweeter, more beautiful, and more intelligent young lady. I saw the end of the "baby" I had and changed her room into a truly "big girl" room. My marriage struggled, but each struggle brings us closer together and helps us know each other a little bit better. I hope you all...whoever may read this...find the amazing things that happened in 2012 and hold onto them. I hope you learn from the bad and let go what you can. Above all else, I hope you hold tight to those you love and always try to brighten someone's day. Life will never be easy, but if you stick it out and look for the good, it's always worth it! My life this year has been one of the toughest yet, but it's also been one of the greatest yet. I've learned more lessons, become closer to God, and become a little bit more like Jesus...I hope! Whether you are striving to be more Christ-like or just striving to make it through another year, I pray you acheive your goals and know whether you're my best friend or an aquaintance, if you need me, I'll be here or there for you because that's the kind of person I want to be. That's the kind of person I should be and I truly love all of you! I pray each of you have all the blessings life can bring and that you find hope when you feel there is none and you find peace in the middle of a raging storm! I've had to do both this year and I was amazed at how easy it came for me thanks to my church, friends, and family!

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