Saturday, January 7, 2012

Reflections

I realize it is a little too late for retrospections about the year that passed (and my goodness what a year it was) but I wanted to still pay homage to the non-stop year of surprises which was 2011.

To say that it was a year for big leaps was an understatement. Oh I leaped alright! My baby sister got married, we added a brother to our family, old job took a dive for the worst, new job came in at a point of saving grace, return to home country after a decade, new frontiers in faith, a setback in a family member’s health, God’s healing hand on the situation, many gastronomic adventures, birth of friendships, logging the most time spent in a plane in a year, chocolate molten cake and laughs with fellow high-schoolers, a blast from the past, three countries I’d no longer just know from a map, posing for pictures in the city that never sleeps with lovely artist friend, experiencing freedom from some shackles, Christmas and New Years with my family, and lastly the year I baked the most banana bread.

Goodbye 2011.I am steeped in gratitude, Lord.
Welcome 2012. (Or dare I say it...the year I went to Paris!)