Well, it’s ALREADY been helluva of a year…but I’m going to move away from that frame of mind. I’m going to CHOOSE that 2012 will be as good as or better than 2011. The reason I’m convinced that 2011 was a great year is that the last few months of it were wonderful. We were blessed abundantly on all angles, and though I was kind of bored by the spectacle of Christmas, it was still a good one.
But WAIT! Before you get all pissy at me (yes, I know you will, because I know lots of people who would rather forget 2011 ever existed), let me state that as I sat down to think about it, 2011 had plenty of issues of its own. Remember, for example, the strife and suffering (and untold nights of crying to get Zoe settled into kindergarten? What about the whole angry-mama episodes of getting Zoe and Amelia into summer camp?
What about Zoe’s new thing, self-biting, a new behavior? Or the pure hell of figuring out how to do this stupid gluten-free, casein-free diet, and about a billion and one setbacks on it? Or Chris finally landing a full time, awesome job after 3 solid years of searching, only to discover fraud and criminality and untold amounts of politics there?
So, 2011 ended well, but is that a perspective issue? Is there some reason we compartmentalize the years? When I look back, I have to say that 2008 was a craptastic year, because 2 major bad things happened – which means you know where I stand on my opinion of 2001.
2012 will be a good year. Slow start, yes, but lots of exciting things on the horizon, and really, when you look back, it’s the GOOD you remember. Peace out, folks!
And yes it is Amelia’s birthday but we are SO not ready for that yet. Really dropped this year, baby, I’m sorry! Anyway, here she is opening up a Christmas gift:
