New Year's Eve

"Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to." Bill Vaughan

Tonight we'll have a combination of young and old at our house: those who want to stay up and--Bill and me. I'm fighting a cold and can't find enough Kleenex in this house, so staying up to ring in the New Year will be a stretch. And you know the worst thing about a cold is that you can't taste anything, so the last night I can indulge in holiday food won't even be that enjoyable.:(

I must say that 2007 tops all others as the worst ever, and yet, the best. Imagine a measuring scale with grief, loss, fear, and uncertainty on one side, and prayers, help, love and patience on the other. I'd like to wipe away one side, but if it needs to stay, I'm very thankful for the other side. We would have drowned in sorrow had it not been for all of you praying, giving, cooking, cleaning, and encouraging us through each day. We were reminded that God had not abandoned us through your acts of kindness and sacrifice.

Today while Bill, Annie & I were out in the van running errands, Bill looked over his shoulder and said to Annie, sitting in her carseat, "2008 is going to be great!" I do pray that this New Year be filled with renewed hope and God's strength for you and for us...and continued healing for Annalee.


Jean

PS: One of my New Year's resolutions is to add more pictures to this blog, (or get Bill to add more pictures--so is that my resolution or his??) ...either way, hopefully I'll get more pictures up here before the ball drops in Times Square.

You crown the year with Your goodness,
And Your paths drip with abundance.
They drop on the pastures of the wilderness,
And the little hills rejoice on every side.
The pastures are clothed with flocks;
The valleys also are covered with grain;
They shout for joy, they also sing. Psalm 65:11-13