Well, Hello There...2013!


After over a year without writing any posts I've decided to try again. Let's hope 2013 will be the year I actually blog. 2012 was a wonderful year I've had many wonderful experiences, made a bunch of new friends, had a couple of rough patches, took out my endowments and most importantly I finally let myself be HAPPY with no strings attached.
Life is too precious to be miserable. Happiness is a choice. I've learned many life lessons over the past year that have made me a stronger, better more resilient person. I'm grateful for my family and friends who have helped me be better and have challenged me to change.
We cannot control what happens in life, but we can control our reactions. Enduring to the end is a must, enduring well is a choice.

The choices I make determine who I am and who I will be. What happens this year will happen its how I CHOOSE to deal with it that matters.

2012 taught me that Life is a miracle
"It is a miracle if you can find true friends, and it is a miracle if you have enough food to eat, and it is a miracle if you get to spend your days and evenings doing whatever it is you like to do, and the holiday season—like all the other seasons—is a good time not only to tell stories of miracles, but to think about the miracles in your own life, and to be grateful for them." —Lemony Snicket, The Lump of Coal
via http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/ 

 Cheers to 2013! Let's do this!!

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