Tea Kettles and Lavendar

Endings and Beginnings

The end of a year. Time has surely flown by. I sit here and think of just one year ago making my annual resolutions, to which many were not kept.  Fondly, I remember the activities and functions happening at my niece's school, her birthday slumber party, the Memorial Day parade, fireworks and county fairs. I remember my mother and I going to the country in Pennsylvania and "us girls" seeing The Little Mermaid on Broadway and how very cold it was that day. I also remember the sadness with both my grandmother and my uncle joining my father in Heaven. Thankfully, my faith has remained strong and has brought much comfort to me.

Now a new year is upon me and again I make my resolutions. I have my usual resolutions of eating heathier and completely giving up Pepsi. I also want to exercise more. But there are many things that I want to do differently this year. I am going to become more faithful in my time with Christ. Family is going to be more focused for me as well as taking time to plain enjoy life and all its beauty and simplicity. I will make time for crafts and reading and working on making my family recipe book a reality for Christmas 2009. I will also become more responsible financially watching how I am spending my money. In these difficult financial times and with job insecurities, things must be tightened.

A new year with new possibilites and the freshness of the morning fresh dew. What a thrilling time this is. I pray that each of you has a truly blessed New Year with much health, peace and happiness but most of all, with a renewed faith.

~Blessings and prayers

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04:37, Monday, January 5, 2009 .. Posted by Schatzi

Loved your post...sounded almost like you were typing my thoughts:-)

Wishing you and wonderful and blessed new year.

Connie