a year in review
Thanksgiving has been over for weeks. I blinked and Christmas and New Years are suddenly both over. It's 2010, and I am sitting here reflecting over the past year. It was quite a year but here's a quick list to put my year in perspective:
- Mike lost his job.
- I got my job back in Cbus and quit my temporary job in Cleveland.
- We moved not even a month after Mike had been laid off back to our old apartment complex in Cbus.
- I started working again.
- Mike started looking for jobs. He had several interview but nothing panned out.
- I went to Florida with my parents to see my brother, his wife and their new home. (A bright spot!)
- Friends of ours went through all sorts of trials throughout the summer.
- I got really really really sick with a mysterious skin rash.
- Mike had more job leads that didn't lead anywhere - so many times we got a tiny bit hopeful only to be let down.
- My mom found out that she had bladder cancer. (She since had the tumor removed and doesn't need further treatment.)
- Our friends continued to go through hard times.
- Other things occurred that I'd rather forget about!!
But we made it through. We made it into the New Year, and who knows what it will have in store for us! Last year was hard, but I think it was even harder because we kept reinforcing how crappy of a year it was. In truth, it was not a good year - however, we still had a shelter over our heads, food on the table and clothes on our back. We had functioning cars and enough money in the bank to accrue some savings. We both have full-time jobs, though they are stressful sometimes. All in all - it was a hard year, but a GOOD year. Mike and I grew a lot, as a couple and as individuals.
And what sustained us throughout this time? Well, if you know me, then you know what I'm about to write....God. Jesus Christ. Lord and Savior! Though to be honest, hindsight is 20/20 - and I don't always feel as though He is there - but that is my doing, not His. I was reminded of that this evening, as Mike and I got a bite to eat our usual place, Logan's. Mike was talking about finances, and I was completely taken aback by how selfish I have been and how God has really gotten us through this tough time.
As I look into 2010, I don't know what's going to happen. I know what I would like to happen. I would like to move out of this apartment and a buy a house. I would like to stay in Cbus. I would like Mike to have a job that he loves. I want to contemplate maybe starting a family. I want to get over this weird jealousy I have for people who haven't been touched at all by this recession. I want to move on and live my life. I want to lose some weight so I don't ache constantly. I want to run a 5K and work on the next great American novel.
I think I can do some of these things - but others....it is all up to what God wants us to do. So we wait...sometimes impatiently. :o)
- Mike lost his job.
- I got my job back in Cbus and quit my temporary job in Cleveland.
- We moved not even a month after Mike had been laid off back to our old apartment complex in Cbus.
- I started working again.
- Mike started looking for jobs. He had several interview but nothing panned out.
- I went to Florida with my parents to see my brother, his wife and their new home. (A bright spot!)
- Friends of ours went through all sorts of trials throughout the summer.
- I got really really really sick with a mysterious skin rash.
- Mike had more job leads that didn't lead anywhere - so many times we got a tiny bit hopeful only to be let down.
- My mom found out that she had bladder cancer. (She since had the tumor removed and doesn't need further treatment.)
- Our friends continued to go through hard times.
- Other things occurred that I'd rather forget about!!
But we made it through. We made it into the New Year, and who knows what it will have in store for us! Last year was hard, but I think it was even harder because we kept reinforcing how crappy of a year it was. In truth, it was not a good year - however, we still had a shelter over our heads, food on the table and clothes on our back. We had functioning cars and enough money in the bank to accrue some savings. We both have full-time jobs, though they are stressful sometimes. All in all - it was a hard year, but a GOOD year. Mike and I grew a lot, as a couple and as individuals.
And what sustained us throughout this time? Well, if you know me, then you know what I'm about to write....God. Jesus Christ. Lord and Savior! Though to be honest, hindsight is 20/20 - and I don't always feel as though He is there - but that is my doing, not His. I was reminded of that this evening, as Mike and I got a bite to eat our usual place, Logan's. Mike was talking about finances, and I was completely taken aback by how selfish I have been and how God has really gotten us through this tough time.
As I look into 2010, I don't know what's going to happen. I know what I would like to happen. I would like to move out of this apartment and a buy a house. I would like to stay in Cbus. I would like Mike to have a job that he loves. I want to contemplate maybe starting a family. I want to get over this weird jealousy I have for people who haven't been touched at all by this recession. I want to move on and live my life. I want to lose some weight so I don't ache constantly. I want to run a 5K and work on the next great American novel.
I think I can do some of these things - but others....it is all up to what God wants us to do. So we wait...sometimes impatiently. :o)
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