The New Year 2010

2010

I always have a hard time when then New Year rolls in. My mind does a jog back in time to all the things I did not get to do last year and applies these to the upcoming months ahead for my never ending list of possibilities for the New Year.

This is a blessed time in my life. I am doing things I never thought I would be doing. Living a life that I never thought I would be living and I am so thankful to God for the blessings He has showered upon my family and me.

Of course, there are the travels in life where you can feel like you have just been flung from a cliff with chains wrapped and locked on your body and you sink down, down, down, into an abyss of doubting despair. Then remembering, God would not put on me more than I can bear. How uplifting that thought is! That is what I think about when I feel overwhelmed. I am blessed!

Then there is family. Uncles, aunts, grandparents, brothers and sisters. God gave us families. I love mine. Unique and then again much in common with others.

This picture was taken after the girls came back from shopping for these dolls with Grandpa. Their first shopping stop was at the major children's toy store in our town. I have weaned my children from this store, and we have come to appreciate handmade or unique, personal toys to play with.

I have this book. I have not used it yet, but it has been poured over again and again. It is my hope to be able to make my girls something from this little book this year before they out grow dolls (Noooo!).

This and others join my list, from 2009 to 2010 as follows:

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   Quilting, basically learning and creating
   
   
   
   
   
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   Dolls, I love them
   
   
   
   
   
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   Cooking, it's my true passion
   
   
   
   
   
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   Sewing, I used to do this all the time, frustration took me from it
   
   
   
   
   
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   Writing, I think I'll have a go again
   
   
   
   
   
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   Reading, Just for the love of it
   
   
   
   
   
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   Houseplants, I have a lonely one,  I need a guide
   
   
   
   
   

I am reading some history these days. I mean, it's important to me. I have been working on knowing about my ancestry and the History of Africans and mixed-race people with African ancestry in America. I found this book at my college bookstore on the clearance shelves. It has become a very invaluable resource in genealogy research.

Well, that's it. I mean there could be a lot more, of course. But, I think that's enough. Happy New Year to all of you! And may you too be BLESSED !