Highlights of 2011
Kris being made a High Priest
Nate turned 19
Nick turned 18
Caitlyn turned 16
Kris called to serve in the High Priest Group
Cheryl called to serve as YW Pres
Many productive trips to Utah
Going into Muir Woods to see the Giant Redwoods
The Ocean
Having James come down and stay a while
Many opportunities to serve my mom and family
The love of two big adorable dogs
Reading the Book of Mormon
Young Women's Camp
Successful Thanksgivinng and Christmas
Writing an original song complete with lyrics and music
Medical technology and amazing health care professionals
Lowlights of 2011
My Mom diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer
My mom passing away in September
Does anything else even compare to that?
It has been interesting this week to be back in Utah, back in moms house, handling her things, talking as siblings about what means something to each of us, what we could benefit from and use. It borders trivial and emotional with a very fine, thin line. I find myself looking around at the really beautiful things that my mother and father had from all around the world, things they purchased that may have worldly value but hold no comparison to finding very sentimental things like my parents scriptures or a worn and tattered pair of little baby shoes or my dads old leather wallet or their drivers licensees. Things that would have no worth to an outside but that invoke deep emotions in their children.
I think 2011 was very much a year of breaking through, breaking through the emotions of talking to a parent who knows their time on earth is very limited, breaking through into new eternal growth experiences, breaking through emotions of learning to love through dissapointments.
I hope and desire 2012 to be a year of new beginnings. Of new understandings within the gospel, within family relationships, within personally growth. To understand that making a New Beginning and establishing or strengthening relationships and seeing people in a new light, a new understanding and with an eternal perspective will cause greater joy and progression.
I hope that in 2012 I will discover some new things about myself . Something I have already discovered is that I REALLY like strength training, it totally rocks. I am a cardio wimp, but give me strength training...I am all over that. It is like a huge high! Something else I discovered, but I think I already knew this, it is just hard to get back there, is that I need to treat myself better and if that means buying the more expensive hair care product and make up, then so be it. I can treat myself the way my Father in Heaven would. Its ok! :D
Perhaps even an opportunity to blog monthly about a new discovery. I think that is called goal setting. Hmmm, maybe that can be tied into my personal progress somehow.
I always LOVE starting a new year and pondering about the passing of of the old year. How did I improve from the year before.
In 2011 I improved on my site reading skills on the piano (just a bit, thanks to Caitlyn and her difficult choir music) I improved on personal prayer and personal listening and I improved on inviting people to hear the missionaries. I had 5 invites last year. And guess what? I have already had one really awesome invite in 2012
(I mean, what good is improving if you don't carry that into the new year with you)
Some goals for this year?
1. improve body strength
2. Rely on the spirit in all things
3. continue to learn about loving my husband and children in a capacity like my Father in Heaven
4. delegate *sometimes I think I have to do it all
So HELLO 2012....WELCOME to my life!
2 comments:
Love you friend ... you are amazing!
Wow, what a year! Reading about going through your mom and dad's things made me cry. But it also mad e me think about what is important. I was just talking with Bryan last night about what we want for our birthdays. I feel like we are getting a tad worldly. We are surrounded by "stuff." I'd rather save the money and go on a vacation and make memories with my family. That's what matters most, right? As for your goals, it sounds like you are already having an amazing year! I noticed on facebook how hard you have been working out. Thanks for your example!
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