December 31, 2006 @ 4:10 pm | Filed under: Family

I’m excited as I sit and type this post. New things are almost always at least a little bit exciting, aren’t they?

A new year is no exception. I don’t feel that deep-gut tug toward any specific word this year. Instead, it’s more of a pull toward just maximizing the most of what I’ve been given. Whether that be family, skills, friends, or just simple abilities, I need to make sure that I am giving them all the appreciation and time they deserve.

So as this year comes to a quiet close, please know that YOU – my friends, family, and readers – are in my thoughts and prayers. May this coming year be all we could ever hope or imagine but, more importantly, may WE be all we could ever hope or imagine in 2007!

In thinking back over this year, I realize it’s been a year of firsts, a year of new beginnings, new joys. But it’s also been a renewing and reaffirming of loves, joys, and commitments that will forever and ever hold a place of prominence in my heart and in my life.

This time of reflection only makes the coming year seem all the more adventurous and exciting. I look forward to what God has waiting just around the corner for me.

Have a very safe and very happy New Year’s Eve!

Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we’ll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne?
And here’s a hand, my trusty friend
And gie’s a hand o’ thine
We’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet
For auld lang syne.