2011 brought a lot of changes to my life.  Some changes were small and some were big.  That is what life is about though, right?  It’s how we take those changes and make them our own that define who we are.  I have been at my job for 6 months now, and it finally feels like I have found my “groove” if you will.  I have finally found that little path I need to be on to get things done.

This year, someone I have known for a good 26 years came back into my life.  I was not looking for anything when I started talking to him, but I found something.  I am glad that I started talking to Joe, and I don’t think I would be where I am right now if I didn’t have him in my life.  Everything starts with a cup of coffee, and without that one cup of coffee I would not have the boy friend I have today.  Twenty-six years is a long time to know someone, but it also makes relationships much easier.

Now I have to look forward to a new year and hope that things run smoothly.  The Monkey is finally adjusting to things, but I know that it has to be hard on him.  Having to figure out why his parents are no longer living in the same house.  At first he was not happy with the whole two house thing, but he is not acting out as much now and doesn’t scream or cry as often.  Hopefully, it will continue to get better for him.  I know having your parents split can’t be easy for him, but he is lucky that his parents are still in the same city.  It was hard to have my parents so far apart when I was younger.

People have been hurt this year, and I am not proud of the fact that I did some of that hurting.  I can’t take back anything I did this year, but I am attempt to mend the bridges when I can and move forward.  Some people have made it clear that I will not be allowed to mend the bridges, but I am sure that others will come back when they are no longer hurting.  Friends are few and far between, and I hate that I hurt a few this year.  We can’t change the past, but we can make the future a better place.

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt