Keyword: Change

The holidays with all their busyness are over and now it's time to settle into winter and back into a routine.  The beginning of a new year always brings thoughts of setting goals, making resolutions, making this year better than last year.

I started thinking about this several weeks ago when I realized just how ordinary and mundane my life has become.  Don't worry.  I'm not going to dwell on my unhappiness or bore you with details.   But I will tell you that my keyword for 2011 is 'change'.

Many changes  need to be made to bring me back to a happy place!  Changes in my lifestyle, my attitudes, my home, my workspace and my relationships are going to be my focus this year.  Changes that can only be made by me.  Changes that are necessary to my health and well being.  I've known for a long time that these changes need to be made but I wasn't ready.  I am now!

Will you be making any changes for the new year?

Follow Friday...The Homecoming

Today I'm participating in Follow Friday 40 and Over!  Hop over to Never Growing Old and join the fun! In August, 1990, Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait and before we knew it our troops and troops from around the world descended on Saudi Arabia in Operation Desert Shield.  It was a scary time, especially for those of us who lived in our little community in Germany. 

Being in a foreign country and saying good-bye to my husband who was going off to war was one of the hardest things I've ever done.  My children were five and six and even at that age had an idea of the seriousness of the situation.  When the war started, they cried and asked if Daddy was going to die.  It was hard to answer that question when I was wondering the same thing, only I had no one to ask.

The day Michael left was one of the saddest days, but the day he came home ranks as one of the happiest days of my life!  It's right up there with the day we got married and the day the kids were born!  This picture is one of my all time favorites because everytime I look at it, I'm reminded of what we went through while he was gone and how happy, excited and relieved we were when he came home!  Our family was complete!

What is one of the happiest days of your life?

Annette