2008 A New Year with New Beginnings!

2008 is a New Year, and I am excited to see what the future holds. I have thrown out 2007 with all its' baggage and am looking forward to new beginnings. The heartaches, the loss of friends and the depression over illness is being kicked to the curb. I will be thankful for the friends who have supported me during the hard times and still call me friend. I will be thankful for the courage that I gained in dealing with my life and the cancer. I am actually thankful to the cancer because it has given me gifts. I know you must be thinking what could an ugly disease like cancer could have given me.....but it gave me an appreciation for the small stuff in life. Like a phone call or an email from a relative or friend saying they were here for me whenever I needed them. It gave me an appreciation for love and life instead of material things. It brought me closer to God and realized that my life is truly a journey with all its curves and surprises.

2008 I am hopeful that it will be a wonderful ride. I will hold on with both hands and just let happen, happen and be grateful that I am seeing another year. Another year to love my friends and family. Another year to see my daughters grow into women of indenpendance. Another year that will have more love than saddness. 2oo8....here we come!!!!