2009 in prospective

My reflection of 2009 is LOSS, LOVE and APPRECIATION. My children learned quite a bit about cancer this year....they learned that when we are in public and someone has lost their hair it is often due to the medicine that they have taken to kill those nasty cancer cells and that they need to smile and not stare. They have learned the true LOSS of people we love...LOSS of people whose phone numbers were saved in my phone and talked to on a regular basis. My little ones lost a friend whom they loved dearly that brought root beer to church on Wednesday night suppers and sat at our table. We lost a friend that I took on her senior trip and who loved unconditionally. We lost a friend that we saw each school morning as our car took a very special little boy with a huge heart to school each day and who loved his mother with all of his heart and who we also loved. I am not going to name these individuals as it simply hurts too much to see the names in print as we are still hurting and miss them so. I have learned APPRECIATION from our losses as we all need to appreciate each day as God gives it to us and also who He decides to bless our paths with. LOVE on each other and never take anything for granted. I am not making a resolution this year because I am simply going to try to live my life with God directing my path.