A new year, a new beginning
In the past as the New Year approached I would often find myself with anxiety over what the coming year would bring. I never enjoyed being this way but it was just something that I always had to deal with right after the Christmas Holidays. But this year was different!
2010 has definitely been an eventful year. It started off with 3 months of pain from a 7 mm kidney stone that had made my body a permanent home. I was facing surgery or worse possible kidney damage, when finally I found a reflexologist that I spent the afternoon with, she rubbed my feet for about an hour and I was in pure heaven :) She suggested to me to take 6 hydrangea herbs 3x a day. I started the day before my appointment and continued for 48 hours when I finally passed this large stone. I couldn't help but scream with victory, almost giving John a heartattack thinking that there was something severely wrong. But when I told him the news, we all went into the family room jumping for joy (literally), even Jaidyn was so happy she couldn't contain it. 3 long months of doctor's, emergency rooms, IV's and mom being soo sick. I could not finally get back to living again :)
Shortly after this in April of 2011, our sweet little Golden Retriever of 12 years passed away from bone cancer. It was so hard to say goodbye. He was such a wonderful friend and we miss him and think of him all the time.
Then after enduring 2 pay cuts totalling (60%) we finally came to realize that it was time to sell our home. We listed it and 2 weeks later received an offer. Which later fell through. Then once again received 3 more offers. The funny thing was that we saw a pattern. The 2nd offer was on Jaidyn's birthday, the 3rd on John's and finally the fourth on my birthday. After 8 1/2 months we finally had an offer that was lasting and we closed on our house today!
We also moved in 2010, into a house 4 houses away from mom and dad. It has been nice being so close to them and we love the neighborhood. There are things about my old house I miss (mainly my huge kitchen) but there are things about the new home I enjoy even more and I've decided that I kind of like 2 stories now.
In October of 2010, our 3 sweet little foster kids left our home for their permanent adoptive home. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think of them. I miss them every day and I keep thinking that the longer time goes the easier it will become, but I have not felt this way at all. I miss having their little voices, hugs, kisses and quirky little habits around our home. I miss them so much.
In December of 2010, I started my new job at the Elementary school in the Pre-K program. What a perfect job this has been. I am on the same track as Jaidyn and so I get to be with her when she's home, as well as I have Wednesday's off. I also get to work with 3-5 year olds all day, which I absolutely love.
So 2010 has had a lot of changes, and trials. But I am so thankful for every single thing that we have experienced, even though it has been tough, I have learned soo much and I don't want to forget the lessons learned.
2011 was much different as we celebrated the new year on New Years' Eve I found myself being so thankful for so many things including the very simple things. John's job is picking up and things are looking very good. We sold our home and no longer have to worry about making those payments. So far so good, I think 2011 is going to be a good year for us, but I still don't want to forget the lessons we have learned.
2010 has definitely been an eventful year. It started off with 3 months of pain from a 7 mm kidney stone that had made my body a permanent home. I was facing surgery or worse possible kidney damage, when finally I found a reflexologist that I spent the afternoon with, she rubbed my feet for about an hour and I was in pure heaven :) She suggested to me to take 6 hydrangea herbs 3x a day. I started the day before my appointment and continued for 48 hours when I finally passed this large stone. I couldn't help but scream with victory, almost giving John a heartattack thinking that there was something severely wrong. But when I told him the news, we all went into the family room jumping for joy (literally), even Jaidyn was so happy she couldn't contain it. 3 long months of doctor's, emergency rooms, IV's and mom being soo sick. I could not finally get back to living again :)
Shortly after this in April of 2011, our sweet little Golden Retriever of 12 years passed away from bone cancer. It was so hard to say goodbye. He was such a wonderful friend and we miss him and think of him all the time.
Then after enduring 2 pay cuts totalling (60%) we finally came to realize that it was time to sell our home. We listed it and 2 weeks later received an offer. Which later fell through. Then once again received 3 more offers. The funny thing was that we saw a pattern. The 2nd offer was on Jaidyn's birthday, the 3rd on John's and finally the fourth on my birthday. After 8 1/2 months we finally had an offer that was lasting and we closed on our house today!
We also moved in 2010, into a house 4 houses away from mom and dad. It has been nice being so close to them and we love the neighborhood. There are things about my old house I miss (mainly my huge kitchen) but there are things about the new home I enjoy even more and I've decided that I kind of like 2 stories now.
In October of 2010, our 3 sweet little foster kids left our home for their permanent adoptive home. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think of them. I miss them every day and I keep thinking that the longer time goes the easier it will become, but I have not felt this way at all. I miss having their little voices, hugs, kisses and quirky little habits around our home. I miss them so much.
In December of 2010, I started my new job at the Elementary school in the Pre-K program. What a perfect job this has been. I am on the same track as Jaidyn and so I get to be with her when she's home, as well as I have Wednesday's off. I also get to work with 3-5 year olds all day, which I absolutely love.
So 2010 has had a lot of changes, and trials. But I am so thankful for every single thing that we have experienced, even though it has been tough, I have learned soo much and I don't want to forget the lessons learned.
2011 was much different as we celebrated the new year on New Years' Eve I found myself being so thankful for so many things including the very simple things. John's job is picking up and things are looking very good. We sold our home and no longer have to worry about making those payments. So far so good, I think 2011 is going to be a good year for us, but I still don't want to forget the lessons we have learned.
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