Another Year Begins

The calendar has changed over to yet another year - 2014. I'm not going to make any big commitment about blogging again, because it may or may not happen and that's okay.

This past year has seemed like five years. Lots of not-so-good stuff happened this year and I am still trying to process through most of it and hopefully learn from it. Maybe this will be a good place to break a few things down now and then because to look at the whole year in its entirety is not something I can or really want to do at this point.

However, that being said, this was a year of some really good stuff, too. Dan and I were able to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary. In honor of this, we took our first family vacation in years. By family - I mean everyone (Dan, Me, Drew, Carrie, Anna, Bennett, Isaac & Ricci). We headed down to Myrtle Beach and enjoyed a nice, relaxing week together. Probably won't be doing something like that every year, but hope we can every few years, and for sure, try to make more time to get together this year. Later on in November, Dan and I took a long weekend trip to Mexico - just the two of us. We needed it and it was good.

Also, we were blessed to have Isaac and Ricci's wedding in September. It was a beautiful day for a beautiful couple. We were so happy to be able to share that day with a lot of our family and friends. Days like that give a sort of hope for the future.

We also found out that we will be having another grandchild this spring. So, there is already one exciting family event on the calendar for 2014.

We have started to attend church at a new place - Grace Gathering in New Haven. Slowly starting to get involved and are thankful that it has been a good place of healing for us (the Feipels too).

Dan started his first day on a new job today. Very proud of him and trust this came along at the right time. He has had so much to deal with this past year and it is time for him to be able to enjoy more of life. Very thankful for the family and friends who have stood by us.

This is it for today. Maybe I'll be back tomorrow - or maybe not. Guess we'll wait and see.