Well, it’s been a whirlwind year. A good year and a bad year combined but a WONDERFUL year all in
all. 2016 is coming up here in a couple
of days and I am well aware of things that aren’t as they should be in my
life. Will I make changes? Sure. Does that mean resolutions? Maybe.
I used to be one of those people that set goals every year. January 1st meant that I would
start fresh at the gym or start that new diet.
We would start a new budget at the house or a new cleaning routine, but
we would never stick to them. A couple
of years ago we started saving to end up at Disneyland for Christmas, that
lasted about two months until an unexpected bill hit the household. We had a goal to do a certain amount of
laundry every night and fold it right away… I won’t bore you with the details
of how that situation currently stands.
For me I just can’t follow the trend, my New Year won’t be
about me. It needs to be about US. It will be about how we will succeed. I don’t need to weigh so much, or eat
healthier. We don’t need to clean on
certain days of the week or save a certain amount each payday. It just doesn’t work. For us the New Year, New Me will turn into
New Year, New WE.
We will communicate better as a family and learn to love
each other for what we are and what we have no matter what the circumstances
are. If Dad is working late or Lawrence
has practice of some sort, we accept the circumstance for what it is and move
on. Mom has lessons to do… we move on
and take it in stride. No fighting
life, it’s a common occurrence that doesn’t just happen in our household and
we’ll learn to not complain or “suffer” through it. We’ll make it a better situation. We are a strong family and we have gone through many, many tough
stages. This is not that hard, we can
do it and we will be stronger for it.
Family. Family time
is a must. We used to do it, where did
it go? We purchased several board games
for each other at Christmas this year and we are getting back into this
routine. We love to play games and so
do the kids. Who says you have to go
places and spend a million dollars? A
simple hour of Hungry Hungry Hippos will put out memories that could never be
replaced by $60 at the local movie theater.
The cable bill is going to go down and the board game collection is
going to go up!
Friends. We can’t
let our friends go. My school took over
this past semester and I forgot about my friends. I think we got together with friends about three times in the
past six months. It wasn’t healthy for
me or for Leon. We need one night, even
if once a month, just to see someone. We
need to visit with people and not forget those friendships. Friends are like family and a select few of
my girlfriends are like sisters to me.
For those of you I have forgotten or lost touch with, I am sorry. I promise to try harder.
Just try harder…
that will be our motto for 2016.
We will try harder as a family.
We will get along. Say sorry. Not yell or scream or fight, it doesn’t have
to be that way. We’ll try harder to be
thankful and to give more and take less.
We can’t take things for granted like our family, friends or our
jobs. These things won’t be around
forever and when they are gone… we will never realize what we may have
lost. So, no New Year, New Me for me,
we’re going to try a new approach… New
Year, New We. On to 2016. Happy New Year everyone!
