SO LONG 2010

Another fresh new year is here . . .

Another year to live!

To banish worry, doubt, and fear,

To love and laugh and give!

This bright new year is given me

To live each day with zest . . .

To daily grow and try to be

My highest and my best!

I have the opportunity

Once more to right some wrongs,

To pray for peace, to plant a tree,

And sing more joyful songs!

I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO SAY.
I HOPE ALL OF YOU HAD A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON.
I HOPE YOU GOT TO SPEND TIME WITH YOUR FAMILIES, ATE ALL THE FOOD YOU COULD MANAGE AND GOT ALL THE GIFTS YOU WANTED.
AS WE STEP INTO 2011 AND LEAVE BEHIND AN AMAZING 2010
I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW THANKFUL I AM FOR MY LIFE.
AT TIMES IM SURE ALL OF US AT ONE POINT HAVE HATED WHERE WERE AT.
WE'VE BITCHED ABOUT NOT GETTING OUR WAY OR THINGS NOT GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN BUT, THIS YEAR I LEARNED A VERY VALUABLE LESSON...
LIVE YOUR LIFE!
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU HAVE THE COOLEST NEW DRESS.
OR THE LATEST BAG.
I WAS THANKFUL FOR ALL THE MATERIALISTIC THINGS I HAD, NICE BAGS, COOL SHOES, ETC THAT I NEVER REALY TOOK THE TIME TO APPRECIATE MY FAMILY. LET'S BE HONEST WE ALWAYS THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER DAY RIGHT?
WE SHOW IT IN THE WAY WE TALK.
"SEE YOU TOMORROW"
"TALK TO YOU TOMORROW"
WELL, WHAT IF TOMORROW NEVER CAME?
DECEMBER 9, 2010 I LOST SOMEONE CLOSE TO ME.
I HAD SEEN HER DECEMBER 1ST AT AROUND 10:00 PM
I ASKED HER IF SHE WAS GOING TO BED AND SHE SAID "YES"
ME AND MY BOYFRIEND SAID "GOODNIGHT"
AND SHE SAID "GOODNIGHT, I'LL SEE YOU IN THE MORNING"
AND WE NEVER SPOKE TO HER AGAIN.
SHE HAD FALLEN THAT NIGHT AND WAS IN A COMA.
FOR THE NEXT WEEK WE WERE CONSTANTLY AT THE HOSPITAL DAY IN AND DAY OUT
UNTIL IT WAS TIME TO SAY GOODBYE.
WE ALWAYS THINK THERE IS ANOTHER DAY AND FOR SOME THERE IS
WHILE FOR OTHERS THERE WILL NOT BE
I LEARNED THAT THE HARD WAY
I THINK TO MYSELF WHAT IF I COULD JUST SAY GOODBYE ONE LAST TIME
TELL HER HOW MUCH I LOVE HER AND THANK HER FOR EVERYTHING
BUT GOD HAD A DIFFERENT PLAN FOR US.
WE'LL BE STRONGER FOR IT AND GROW BECAUSE OF IT.
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO KNOW HER AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

SO TO ALL YOU OUT THERE. HUG YOUR LOVED ONES A LITTLE TIGHTER, LAUGH A LITTLE LOUDER. SMILE MORE. ARGUE LESS. LOVE WITH AL YOUR HEART AND BE THANKFUL FOR AL YOU HAVE, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT THINK YOU HAVE MUCH, SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AT ALL.

I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR.

AND WITH THAT.
I JUST WANT TO LEAVE A PICTURE OF MY GRANDMA JACKIE.
ALTHOUGH SHE WASN'T MY BLOOD GRANDMA, I LOVED HER JUST AS MUCH
I WILL MISS HER EVERY DAY BUT I WAS SO LUCKY TO HAVE HER IN MY LIFE
AND I KNOW I JUST HAVE ANOTHER ANGEL LOOKING OUT FOR ME.