And Suddenly I Awoke in 2011

My Gracious Friends,

It has been quite some time since I last wrote to you.

I could write one of those overbearing update blogs about how much the kids have grown, how busy I have been with them and family time and cooking, reading, cleaning, and holiday/birthday/general merriment, but frankly, I haven't the patience. And if I don't have the patience to sit and write it, then I wouldn't expect anyone to have the patience to sit and read it. Blah, blah, blah, am I right?

*Sigh*

So, we find ourselves here (or wherever you are), moving constantly forward. It's the New Year, a time of new beginnings and of shaking off the things of the past year that did not agree with us and a time to find resolve and determination. At least, that's how I look at it. I always seem to look back to the past year and feel as though I had accomplished nothing, as though I have nothing to show for myself, but it's far from the truth. Hopefully, we all have not only grown older, but wiser, more prone to smile, laugh a little easier, let the little things go and become more confident that those bigger things will truly work out for the best.

As cliche as it is, it is so for a reason, because it holds some truth. Life is far too short to live with regret, weighed down by circumstance. Take solace, My Friends, in each breath, find medicine in each laugh and the laughter of your children, find humor in the petty (and even the not so petty) annoyances and I think 2011 will be off to a very pleasant start!

Keep reading, keep laughing, keep loving!

I know I certainly will... More to come.