2012!

It’s a little late but between a newborn, 2.5 & 5 yr olds and LOTS of sickness circulating. I haven’t had any time (or energy) to write it all down in one place. 

This year I am not making frivolous resolutions that won’t be followed past the end of January. I’m making the decision that 2012 will be the goal-den year (tacky I know). We are going to set a few attainable goals to be met not only us as individuals but as a couple, parents and family in general. I hope to be a better person in the eyes of the Lord. I hope that by the end of 2012 I have helped 1 person see God’s grace, wisdom and love.

For example one of our goals are, and yes this comes up every so often, we have been talking about moving for a long while but end up dropping the subject before it is explored fully. We want to have our hearts open to receive what God wants for us. We want to be guided down our path. But with the economic state Michigan is in coupled with crime in this area, we feel it’s just not a place to live anymore. What’s that saying? Last one out of Michigan turn off the lights. Well it’s the truth! We also feel that right now we are in the perfect position to make that decision. Our goal for 2012 is that by June we will have a plan in place for the next 4 years. Plan and watch God laugh right? We’ll see how this works. Yes, there are unforeseeable circumstances, but in life there always are. The only thing we can do is hold our breath and jump in knowing 100% that God holds us in his hands and will guide us down our rightful path.

Another one is to embrace the little things in life and give thanks for what we have! At the end of every night we pray with Phillip and say what our favorite part of the day was. We are choosing to focus on the good things in our day because the bad/negative can take it over so quickly. Last week when everyone was sick but Sophie (and myself) I was overwhelmed taking care of 2 sick kids, a sick husband and a newborn. I just wanted to cry. But in that moment Sophie smiled. Yes I know it was a gas smile, but man oh man it was perfect timing! I held onto that smile the rest of the evening.

So we raise our glasses (filled with sparkling juice of course) to the Goal-den Year! The year is going to be what we make of it and my goodness we are going to make it a good one!