Of Belt Loops and Resolutions
It's New Year's Eve again. While that is supposed to mean parties, to me its a night to reflect on the past year, and hopes for the one to come.
This Christmas I found myself reflecting on some of my relatives that have been gone for years. It was no so much sad, as just how much my life has changed since they were a part of it. I dust pictures on the bookcase and wonder what my old friend and used to be neighbor B. would have thought of my books, and some of her stories she used to tell me worked into the subplots of the Promise Me series. I hope she would be pleased. I look at my Grandfather's belt loops on the Christmas tree(why these are an ornament on my tree is another story), and wonder if he'd enjoy my writings, or would have approved of my country life and my professor husband. I think of my dogs Strider and Legolas and wonder if they'd have liked being known as the Promise Me Dogs, or from my online Children's stories...probably not, if it meant they'd have to not growl at strangers.
Waiting for the night to fall, I think about New Year's resolutions. The older I get, the less I think about new horizons and the more I covet time spent with friends and family. The years are passing by, and I don't want to miss them. But I also have books I want to write, and work for charities that I want to do. So my resolution for 2013 is to hope for balance in my life, that I can be healthy, happy, and fulfill my heart's desires while still making time for other things that matter. Happy New Year, Everyone! :)
This Christmas I found myself reflecting on some of my relatives that have been gone for years. It was no so much sad, as just how much my life has changed since they were a part of it. I dust pictures on the bookcase and wonder what my old friend and used to be neighbor B. would have thought of my books, and some of her stories she used to tell me worked into the subplots of the Promise Me series. I hope she would be pleased. I look at my Grandfather's belt loops on the Christmas tree(why these are an ornament on my tree is another story), and wonder if he'd enjoy my writings, or would have approved of my country life and my professor husband. I think of my dogs Strider and Legolas and wonder if they'd have liked being known as the Promise Me Dogs, or from my online Children's stories...probably not, if it meant they'd have to not growl at strangers.
Waiting for the night to fall, I think about New Year's resolutions. The older I get, the less I think about new horizons and the more I covet time spent with friends and family. The years are passing by, and I don't want to miss them. But I also have books I want to write, and work for charities that I want to do. So my resolution for 2013 is to hope for balance in my life, that I can be healthy, happy, and fulfill my heart's desires while still making time for other things that matter. Happy New Year, Everyone! :)
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