We have been released from the bonds of 2009, a tumultuous but hope-bringing year in my book.
I pray that 2010 will bring more good news and, with it, good changes that will teach me new things.
2009 was a year I will both hate and love. It was the year my father was taken from me. I hate that I see new movies that he would want to see and I can't tell him things. I will hate 2009 for that fact. Yet, 2009 was a year of new beginnings with the birth of my nephew, Will. I love him with all my heart and a reminder that for every story's end, there is a beginning just around the corner.
2010 brings my graduation from college, a feat I have masterfully worked towards over the span of four years, promising myself that though many take college for granted, it was a time to learn and grow, not a time to endlessly party. 4 years was my planned time span and I have made it.
It also means applying and hopefully getting into a grad school somewhere in the country for museum studies. A new beginning for me because I must move out of Alabama into a new state and new city to thoroughly begin my life as an adult.
However, through everything that has happened in 2009, and all that will happen in 2010, I will always remember the love that is with me for a lifetime. I have the love of a supportive family who always wants to see me shine, the love of dear boyfriend who inspires me to be better than I am, the love of friends who are always rooting me on and making me laugh, and the remembered love of my father that always makes me proud.
