New Year

 

As we are about to enter into a new year this week, I am hopeful things will start to look up a little bit more and we can officially start over on a high note. I have long awaited for this new year to make it's arrival and remind us that we have so many more experiences to learn as well as grow from. I am truly grateful for the support of friends who have given me advice that I know is going to help me become a much more confident person. 

I really hope that once everything settles down in our lives and we can remember the lessons we took away from this past year. Are we going to continue remembering all of the times, we could have just simply handled things better?? I wished things in 2020 could not have been what it became and yet it leaves me with a desire to what to never take what I have for granted. 

Post 294

I wasn't originally going to continue to write more after reaching my goal of 279 posts. I felt like unless I could make an effort to write up through the holiday season, that I would need to do whatever it would take to make it happen. I have written up so much about this difficult year and the good experiences that have come along with it, but I can honestly admit it has not been easy for me to keep a brave face. It has given me a lot of reasons to feel grateful for what I have in my life everyday, but I also have struggled-- with my anxiety more than I can admit. Nothing about 2020 has turned out like I would have wanted it to, but I can only hope for a much different outcome in the new year that is around the corner. 

Last Week Of 2020:

I'm so grateful this is the final week of what has been such an emotional roller coaster ride and I am so anxious for it to come to an end!! It has definitely reminded me of so many things that I know will just continue to help me become who I need to be down the road and can truly hope for the best in anything that happens next. I am grateful for the serenity that I have gotten from being out in nature, talking with my friends online, spending virtual time with them on my computer, etc. I may never know of any other year in my life that has put my faith to the test than 2020 (actually other than an experience I had a little over two years ago). It has strengthened me in ways that I never would have imagined it to and yet I am grateful for the hand of my Savior, Jesus Christ throughout this entire year and where he continues to do for me on a regular basis.