Farewell Blog

Today, my blog is shut down.

I never meant any harm in writing it. I only wanted to use it as a tool to make me a better person. It has always been for me to learn about myself, nothing more.

I did learn a few things. I learned that I do have a lot of traditions with my children. I learned I do have memories of my childhood. I learned the simplest things in life are important to me.

But the most important thing I learned was I don't like feeling vulnerable.

Serendipity

ser·en·dip·i·ty/ˌserənˈdipitē/ Noun: The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way: "a fortunate stroke of serendipity."

I love the movie Serendipity, not only because it is such a sweet, romantic comedy, but the title of the movie is one of my favorite words. Over the summer, I would joke with Andrew about my favorite words and how one day I would make a list with all of them including moxie, soil, opines, façade, tchotchke and serendipity. Sometimes the words would make my list just because I would like to say them aloud, yet other times it is because of the meaning of the word.

Serendipity is because of both.

Do I believe in serendipity? Yes. I do believe that some things are meant to happen whether it is referred to as fate, chance, destiny or serendipity, I find it hard to believe it doesn't exist. It just sounds more intriguing when it is referred to as serendipity.

Saying the word serendipity makes me smile.

Happy New Year

A new day, a new year.

Farewell 2011

I wish I could write some profound words for my last blog of 2011, but the words escape me.

I can feel 2012 lurking in the shadows, getting ready to make his appearance. Hoping for a wonderful year!

Farewell 2011.

Kindness

"I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”

-Stephan Grellet

It is easy to put off acts of kindness. Every once in awhile we need to be reminded the life we have left is the time we have to show our love. We may not have the gift of tomorrow.

My Therapy

September 21, 2011. The day I decided I would write my blog every day for one year. I made a commitment, no matter what I was feeling, I would make the time every day to write something in my blog.

100 posts later and I have managed to write something every day.

When I realized earlier in the week, I would be hitting 100 posts, I smiled.

At that moment, I realized, the blog has become an integral part of my journey, and I now know I will keep the one year commitment.

Winter Break

It is so nice to have the kids home for winter break and not feel rushed to do anything in particular. Once in awhile, we all need to just slow down and enjoy the moments in the day. It is nice to watch Andrew build his Harry Potter Lego set, see Madeline curled up on the couch watching a movie and see Benjamin learning how to use his iPad.

Enjoying every moment.