Back to Real Life!

Ah... all the festivities are over... back to reality that school and work are awaiting us on Monday.

Hockey, groceries, laundry are all there.

It feels weird to think that we are entering 2010!  How time has flown by!  And yet as I look at this year ahead of me, I can't help but feel that this is a year that has so much to offer.

Maybe it is simply because last year was full of big firsts for us...

• My first child was to graduate from Rhema (grade school).
• My first child was to begin high school.
• My youngest was beginning his school adventures.
• My youngest was no longer a baby (though there are days...).
• My first time in a very long time that I had me time.
• My first time dipping my toes in the work world.

This year brings many of those things again, my second child will be leaving Rhema and entering the big world of high school.  And while I am still feeling all those emotions that I did with Sammy, I know that it is all good.

So this year, 2010 is a little bit more about me.  I wrote a blog about feeling something... I knew I was on the cusp of something... I thought it was about writing... or seeing myself as a writer... but I realized just the other day that this feeling that was so foreign to me finally has a name.

For the first time ever... I believe in myself.  I finally believe in me!

It took 41 years to achieve it, but I know that I can do things if I set myself to do so.

So it still baby steps, but I am feeling this New Year is the Year that I allow myself to be the Best Me I Can Be...  with the help of God, of course.

The Best You... maybe you are already there.  How wonderful!  If you are not, why not join me on this journey?

I am so looking forward to what 2010 holds!

Happy New Years!

Happy New Years!

It's 1:08 am... a New Year... that in itself is something to be grateful for!

As I spent the evening with friends and loved ones... I realized that the greatest joy in my life these days, is not whether or not I am having fun... but really it is all about my boys.

There is such pleasure in watching them.  They love being with friends and loved ones.  You can't put a price on that... so beautiful... it was to watch them just have fun.

As I count my blessings, the greatest is the honor of being mom to my boys.  I love them with all I have in me.  It is my calling... to be mom to these wonderful, pain in my heart too many times, yet precious, oh so precious bits of me.

How glad I am that the bits of them that aren't me are from my other wonderful and cherished blessings...

my dearly loved husband.

There is nothing like feeling contentment.  What a great way to start the year...

Thank you God, for peace, for health, for blessings that overflow.

Thank you for the other stuff... yet the gift of knowing You are there, side by side to walk through it all.

I love you.

Thank you for this year, Lord.

Happy New Years to YOU!

Welcome 2009!

Last night we had a party. We used to always go out, Sanj and I but as the boys got older, we didn't like being away from them on New Year's Eve.

So You invite a few friends who you love...

You have a great hockey game on (Canada vs United States... World Juniors Game)...

You have some cold drinks...

You have a great game (Things In A Box)... Hum....

You have LOTS OF FOOD!

It was a wonderful night! I enjoyed every minute of it... my children enjoyed every minute, especially escaping any normal bedtime.

Goodbye 2008... what a year.


It is going to be a year full of big events for our family. Sammy will graduate and begin high school (wow) Josh will began JK (aw...) and I will start my journey to becoming a real estate agent. (Yikes).

Welcome 2009!