We rang in 2013 with a few friends at precisely 8:42pm. So accurate and official! Oh yes we were sloshed on sparkling cider for sure! It was a fun and simple night. I don't get into New Years that much, but I always am up for a good night where the kids can run around and have fun and I can catch up with friends and eat good food!
Given December's events I know that 2013 is going to bring a lot of change, adventure, challenges, and surprises. But I feel like I am ready. Ready to take on this year and all that it has to offer.
Yes. I'm ready.
Even if 2013 means WAY too much snow.
Because too much snow means snowballs, sledding, and hours of fun for the kids.
The girls love sledding and playing in the snow and would stay out there until there is virtually no sunlight left if I let them.
Yes. I'm ready.
Even if the year starts off making me run in freezing cold temperatures, snow, slush and ice.
Winter conditions make me mentally stronger and definitely bring a new challenge to running.
I was volunteering with my running club for our New Years Day 5k. About an hour before the race I decided, "What the heck? I guess I'll run this thing!" I came in third place overall. Not bad for racing in the middle of a racing "sabbatical!" ;)
Yes. I'm ready.
Even if it means the blasted 2013 winter weather brings us blasted winter flu bugs.
Sick and miserable means a few more cuddles than normal with these little cuties!
Yes. I'm ready.
Even if that means in a few months the house I'm living in will be torn down to be turned into this...
That just means when we move out we don't have to worry about cleaning a thing!
Yes. I'm ready.
Even if 2013 takes me away from Boston and I have to leave all the amazing things in New England that I have come to appreciate and yes, even love.
That means I get the opportunity to return to some other things that I have missed and longed for for almost 6 years; things that I love in a different way but certainly just as much!
Yes. I'm ready. Or at least I think I'm ready...
Ready to go back to work full-time while my husband is unemployed.
That means that I am lucky enough to have a degree and a profession that can contribute to our family in our time of need. I'm blessed to have the health, ability, and state of mind to be able to be a working mom.
Yes. I'm ready.
Even if that means leaving schools, classes and groups that my children have come to love and grow immensely from.
Opportunities are everywhere. Children are resilient.
Yes. I'm ready??
Even if that means leaving friends and people that I love, appreciate, depend on and learn from.
But I believe true friendship can survive distance. And new friends will be found. What's that song I sing to my children?
"Make new friends but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold."
Yes. I'm ready.
Even if 2013 means major change.
Change is hard, even when it's for our good. But change is good, and above all I get to determine what I do with that change. No matter what is out of my control I will always be in control of me, my feelings, my thoughts, my actions. I can create whatever I want with what I am given. I can turn change into almost anything!
Viktor Frankl said, “ ..everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstance, to choose one’s own way.” Wonderfully put and so true!
Thankfully I am a resilient, strong and courageous person. Does that mean I'm not scared or stressed? No. Of course I am. I'm human after all. But I also have faith that it will be ok. I know we will be ok because I get to decide what I do with these challenges/opportunities. It doesn't mean it won't be hard. It doesn't mean that I won't struggle, and yes I've even spent a day or two crying about it...but I...we, will be ok. Really. Things could be so much worse.
Sure we are getting kicked out of our house. Sure my husband is losing his job. Sure we don't know when he will ever find another one in this economy.
But I truly believe the saying
"Sometimes when things are falling apart they are really falling into place."
We've been missing Colorado since the second we drove away from it 5 1/2 years ago. We've wanted to get back there someday. Why not now?
I am surprised that a large part of myself actually doesn't want to leave Boston. I'm sad to leave, but also excited to return to a place Justin and I both love.
We are excited and nervous. Happy and anxious.
It's a lot like what I imagine it would feel like to go parachuting.
We've boarded the plane, anticipating a fun, new, exciting adventure! It's a mix of emotions. Leaving the comfort and familiarity of the solid ground that I have come to rely on and feel comfortable on. But also exhilaration at the new experience that awaits.
We are waiting to make the jump!
Now let's just pray the parachute opens!
I'm fine free falling for awhile. But it sure would be nice if we don't completely land flat on our face! :)
Here's to new adventures and to whatever 2013 holds in store for us!
I'm *mostly* ready for it!
