Okay, in Texas we still have 53 minutes until the new year officially begins. But it's already 2010 in Michigan.
I was going to do a bullet-pointed list of my highlights from the year, but it's impossible; a thread ran throughout this year, connecting each and every moment together. I couldn't say that one individual event was of greater significance than another.
What I can say is this:
2009 was a year of faith. Of jumping off the diving board into murky waters. Of finding the bottom and struggling my way back to the top. It was a year of previously unknown strength and of tears, of homesickness and of finding a new home. I discovered more deeply who I am, for better or worse. I made changes, fell back on old vices, and tried new things.
I can't predict what the next year will hold. I have my plans, have my goals, and have my hopes. And yet if there's anything I've learned this year, it was that everything can change in an instant. And that makes it exciting. I'm sitting on the edge of my seat, waiting for the year to unfold and show me its secrets.
I wish for you the same excitement. I hope that this year is full of adventure, of unexpected (pleasant!) surprises and twists in the road. I hope that, in one year, you enter into another new year a changed person, a better person. And I pray that God will bless you throughout the journey.
Happy New Year, friends. Let's make it a good one.
Completely unrelated to your post, but I figured you'd appreciate this step I'm taking in the "feminization" of Siew- I got some new jeans over break and, as we would all expect, they were too long. Not to fear, as I finally got my lazy self (pre-New Year's) to (by hand) hem all 3 pairs. I am now the proud owner of 3 pairs of jeans that are just the right length, and don't look like an elementary school craft time disaster. :).
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