The End of a Decade....

I realized yesterday as my mind wandered through memories of this year past that at the stroke of midnight we would not only be ringing in a new year but a new decade!!!  That, then of course got my mind thinking of all that has happened in my last 10 years!!!  Dec 31, 2000...  That was big one!  I was with my family in a hotel banquet hall all decked out to ring in the new Millennium!!!  In the next few months I graduated college and left VT moving to CT (something I never imagined I would ever do).  Through that move though I met my soul mate,lover and best friend, married him and becoming an AF wife (again something I didn't ever foresee happening).  Together we had the two most sweetest baby boys in whole world, and have now moved across the sea ending this decade having lived in Italy for over a year now!  Whewww!  I can only imagine what the next ten years will bring.  I'll be 42 years old, my student loans will be paid off, Colby will be 16, Parker 13 and we will be facing the end of our military career.  Who knows where we'll be but if I have learned anything in the past 10 years...  as long as we are TOGETHER it doesn't matter....

  This has been a challenging year.  It's hard to get settled in Italy.  The language barrier and extreme difference in culture take a toll.  That heaped on top of a reunion that was stressed due to the move, terrible twos and simply a year spent apart was HARD.  I give thanks and praise to my Lord God almighty that we are here today January 1, 2011 as a family united, because it was through his guidance, love and protection that my family rang in the new year/decade whole.  I feel positive about this new year!  1 Corinthians 13:13 And now these three things remain: faith, hope and love.  But the greatest of these is LOVE.  Our love saw us through this year and when I kissed my husband on the stroke of midnight last night I felt a bond that has grown stronger than it ever was before.  Yes, I think 2011 is going to be a good year....  God Bless and Happy New year to All!