New Year

Let's see if I can manage to post again more than twice a year--lol.  I dunno.  ;)  [Facebook seems to be easier and less pressure to make sure it's right.]  When I think of how smart I used to be, I am sometimes disappointed in what I manage NOT to do now.  Still, I have a lot to be grateful for and some goals I wish to accomplish. 

I am grateful for my family.  I truly do see the 'hand of God' in my life with them every day.  My husband blesses my life with his endless amount of patience and kindness.  My children are so loving and forgiving of my faults.  I pray that I don't mess them up and that I raise them to follow the Lord and be kind to each other and others.  I hope that we can ever push forward even if we take baby steps, to becoming the family we should be and the one that others sometimes think we already are (we're not, btw--we are sooo not perfect, truly but we are trying to become better).

I admire so many different traits in my children and are glad that they have them--often in spite of me--and sometimes I hope and pray because their father and I help nurture them.  Independence, strength, gentleness, restraint, meekness, love, patience, happiness, generosity, willingness to help, ability to listen, humility, sense of humor, intelligence, testimony, and the list does go on.  I so love my children.  I love their father.  My life is indeed rich.