New Year's Resolutions and Reflections

Never been much for them personally.  I have enjoyed life a lot more in the last year and I want to keep doing that.  I've realized that people aren't always what they seem, which has helped me to be more real.  I've learned that being happy is what makes YOU happy, not what you think is expected of you.  As my daughter would say...never say never.  For me, that has meant keeping an open mind...that life is not black and white...that the possibilities are never-ending.  It's a silly thing....but I said I'd never have a dog again after Boomer died because I was so heart-broken.  Don't know that I'll get a dog, 'cause my hubby doesn't want one, but I've finally reached the point where I want one...even though I still tear up when I think about Boomer...yes...I'm wiping the tears now....the point is, my heart is open to it, irregardless of whether I actually get one.  I've been reminded that young love is not stupid and that I wish it could last forever just like they do...'cause you just never know...In many ways it's the best of what us "old" people have in our own relationships.  That feeling that you can't be without somebody, everything is right when you're together, everything they do is cute and funny, you want to know everything about them, and you want them to want to know everything about you.  Maybe I put too much stock in love...my Mama always said I fell hard...and I oh so painfully remember the break ups.  But how else can you love like you're supposed to?  How does a grown-up marriage work without love like that?  Isn't love in our DNA?  We are here because God loved us and wanted to be with us.  Well, that settles it.  Love.