Goodbye. Hello.

Dear 2010, 
You were a great year. The year I grew up, graduated, and left home. You taught me much. You increased my patience. You taught me to love and to forgive. You taught me to pray and receive answers. You taught me to be scared and to overcome those fears. You taught me to work hard and enjoy the blessings I am given. You taught me to dream, you taught me how to accomplish those dreams. You taught me to learn from something other than books. You taught me that nothing is impossible. You taught me to be strong. You taught me how to be an example by giving me some incredible examples to learn from. You were tough, but you were wonderful. You were incredible. Thank you. Do you remember at the very beginning of our friendship I asked where you were going to take me? You didn't answer, I wasn't really expecting you too. But if you had told me, if I could know that somehow at the end of that year I would end up here, would I have believed you? Perhaps. Maybe not. It still seems incredible to me that I am here. Thank you for bringing me here. Thank you for being incredible. I am sad to see you go. But I look forward to taking the things you have taught me into the next year.




Dear 2011, 
I don't know you yet, but I have a feeling we will be great friends. 2010 was great, and you have big shoes to fill. But I think you will do just fine. You will be fantastic. I have a feeling that you just might be one of the hardest years yet, but with the hard times I will also have lots of fabulous times. I look forward to getting to know you . To learn every thing I can from you. To conquer ever trial that you throw at me. To look back in another years time and know that I made the best of everything you gave me. I wish I could know what is coming, what you have in store for me. But I suppose that would ruin the surprise, wouldn't it? Thick or thin, it will be great. that I do know.