New Year's Resolutions...

a.k.a DREAMS.

Here we go. Start of the New Year! Start of a new beginning. I have had a really hard time the past couple of days thinking of New Years this year. Don't know why. It comes each and every year. No surprise, we know it's coming.

Am I getting old? Probably. As this New Year approached I struggled with Resolutions. Do I do the norm? Do I say get organized, eat healthy, and lose weight? Do I say it again as I have said the past 10 years?

Yesterday I spent a good part of the day in my pajamas (A thank you to Bobbi for forcing me to get out of them) and thinking about New Year's Resolutions. I spent part of the day thinking of what people where saying on Facebook, that they were looking forward to 2010 and shutting the door to 2009. Lots of comments about looking forward to better things to come.

So, my thoughts wondered....

Just how do they get better? We don't just transform overnight at the midnight drop of the ball to those better days. Do we?

We make Resolutions, but do we plan for them to stick? Do we plan for them to become our reality?

thus, I have called my New Year's Resolution this year a DREAM. DREAMS are what we wish for correct? Dreams are what we look forward to? Dreams are what we strive to reach?

Looking forward to our year of 2010, there is so much that I want:

For Aylene and Dave to feel great and have the chance to really enjoy life this year.
For my daughter to find her confidence.
For my son to hear correctly.
For my husband to have a break he so deserves from working so hard. May his hours spent working pay off for him.
For Alex to have peace and less pain.
For my Grammi, that her spark does not dwindle. She continues to amaze me each and every day.
For Lorene, that she regains her strength and continues to make us laugh.
For Chad to continue to inspire others
For Jason to also have a break he so deserves. May his hours spent working pay off for him.
For Melissa to find her way.
For Mom to have peace.
For Dad to find what really makes him happy.
For God to guide me in a direction that betters myself and family.

Looking forward to 2010, I look forward to the hopes, the inspirations, and lessons we must learn. The power of DREAMS.