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Thoughts right on the eve of the New Year

Posted 31st December 2008 by Nataly, tagged new year

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It's 11:47pm on the eve of December 31st. Our guests just left, stuffed with lamb with pomagranete and my grandmother's incredible cake (that she made for my bday and we've been sharing with friends for days now). My husband is cleaning up, my daughter is asleep, and I am here, wrapping up a bit of work, getting ready to go clink champagne glasses with my husband and welcome in the new year.

For us, this has been one of the toughest years yet - as it has been for so many others. But strangely, I am buyoed by the challenges rather than feeling beaten by them, and I have a lot of hope for 2009. (Too much you might say:)

I hope that the economy will stabilize and that various conflicts around the world find their way to some kind of conclusion.

I hope that we, as a family, continue to work hard to find time to spend together and to see friends more often -- something we've learned makes us so much happier.

I hope that for my and my husband's careers 2009 will be a year of stability, personally, professionally, and financially.

I hope that my family will be healthy and more importantly, will remember that health -- like work, or family -- needs our time and investment of energy.

I hope that my daughter loves kindergarten and that somehow time doesn't fly quite so fast.

I hope that we have more days filled with smiles than with sad faces or frustration.

I hope to cook more, spend less, drink even more water, and go for more walks -- hopefully some with my husband.

I hope that we will have the time, money and energy to take a trip as a family, somewhere new and unexpected and unexplored by us before.

I hope to find more time to write, to make things with my daughter, to decorate our house with things we make rather than buy.

I hope that 2009 is a year during which we spend less time glued to horrible news on TV or Internet news sites and that it is a year that we remember as being filled with great memories.

Happy New Year everyone!

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  • In your words, Nataly, there is a voice that speaks for all of us at this time in history. It is my hope, in this time of great change, that we (collectively speaking) find our deepest Peace and Happiness in the new simplicity of life that is unfolding. This is surely a time of walking through life without knowing what will happen today or tomorrow or the next day. I (we) have found that this has forced my (our) ultimate surrender to knowing that whatever the day might bring, whatever the losses or heartaches, I (we) will continue moving forward. I applaud all of us for our strength and courage to be here choosing to make the best of our circumstances whatever they may be, and as hard as it is some days, to persevere. Although it may sounds cliche, I remain hopeful that because of our presence we can and will get through this difficult time, and without doubt, create some lasting changes that will make the world a better place for ourselves and our children.

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by Susan A. Haid on 15th January 2009

  • Thank you for sharing. I hope for all of those things for you and your family as well.
    Happy New Year!

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by Kimberly915 on 4th January 2009

  • Beautifully worded post. Life is far too short! Make a DIFFERENCE....

    Be Blessed!!

    Linda/CMAS, BS. RN
    AOL and YAHOO IM - TxBizNurse

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by BizNurse on 4th January 2009

  • beautiful positive thoughts Nataly -great start to 2009!

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by tra on 3rd January 2009

  • Happy New Year, Nataly -thanks for sharing...

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by Ymke Dioquino on 2nd January 2009

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