Tomorrow is a new year. A chance to start over. I read that Dan Folgerberg died last week. He was only 53 years old. This past year hasn't been a good one for me. I have had betrayal from a friend, heartbreak from someone that I once loved very much. Death of loved ones. A hard year. It will get better. I have made friends. I have smelled the wonder of a baby. I have seen him laugh. I have watched him learn. I have realized that people aren't always what or whom I thought that they were. 2008 will be my best year yet. Hopefully all of OUR best year. We have been given another chance. A chance to be happy. A chance to make a differance. I realized years ago by doing Mission work and nursing in foreign countries, that it is the little things that matter. The LITTLE things that make us honorable, that make us matter. We all have a chance to do that this year. We ALL can feed the hungry. We ALL can ease someone's loneliness. We ALL can ease someone's pain and make a differance in their life. Watch your children grow. Mow your neighbors yard or take them to the grocery. Visit a nursing home and listen to the stories. Mend a hurt. Make amends. Live your life with integrity. I am so blessed to have made such good friends here. I am thankful. You have touched my life. You have touched my heart. Thank you.

Merry Christmas my friends. I wish you Happiness this season, whatever you believe. I wish you love. I wish you happy memories. I wish you Peace. He came to bring us Peace. If only the whole world would join hands and join hearts. A miracle would be born AGAIN.

Hello Dear friends, Imagine feeling lonely and down and signing on to your blog, only to find all of these precious, wonderful and loving messages from all of you. I can't explain how touched that I feel. Today is the anniversary of my husband's suicide and this coming Monday is the anniversary of someone else that I loved very much who also died. December isn't the best month for me. It's true that time is a healer, but sometimes it's just not fast enough. I am slowly healing and remembering how very precious that life is. How very precious that real friends are. Friends like all of you. There will never be a way for me to repay all of you for the love that I feel from you. Thank you for being my friends. Thank you for making me feel not so alone. Thank you for the gift of you. You are all so loved.