2011 was quite the year for our family! The winter started us off with a very sick baby and house hunting. Spring brought dozens of doctor appointments that eventually led to a diagnosis for the aforementioned sick baby as well as finding a house. Late spring and early summer brought moving after 10 years of being in the same place...no small task, I might add. Most of the summer was focused on adopting 2 little girls we had fallen deeply in love with, only to have that dream crushed in early August. Fall brought all kinds of challenges with starting our oldest in a regular school, dealing with a terrible school, switching schools and then wading through the testing and adjustments of new diagnoses for him. Along with all that, work has kept us both busy and on our toes and settling into a new rhythm in our new home has been a tad challenging.
As overwhelming as it was to deal with both of our boys being diagnosed with life-changing diagnoses this year, I feel like we are in a far better place today than 1 year ago. Noah's immune system seems to be getting stronger, Caleb is adjusting well to meds and thriving in school and we are empowered with a whole lot more information and can continue to move forward towards healing. I'm encouraged with the hope of being able to spend a bit more time here and there working on me, just Julie, and letting the little things go.
I saw a quote either on Facebook or Pintrest a couple days ago that said something along the lines of "the new year is a blank book...what are you going to do with it?". While I believe that my choices and day to day living have a definite impact on my future, I am glad to know that my Creator has already written the pages of my book of life and already has things laid out for me. My job and hope this year is to continually look to Him and to seek to serve Him as I discover His writing in my book of 2012!
Welcome, 2012....bring it on!
