Wow! I can hardly believe Christmas is just two weeks and two days away! I am sort of ready to do it and get it over with. We've been under quite a bit of stress the past few weeks, and I have been eating probably a little too much. We are about to have some changes, in that Dianne is going home this weekend, after being here for a year and a half, and Michael is coming home to stay for a while. Keith has been off work since July and is waiting for Toyota to call him with a new placement for his permanent restrictions. Brock is working at Amazon and has just blossomed! We are so excited about him. Needless to say 2012 is a welcome sight....it hasn't been one of the best years for our family, but we're going to be okay. God hasn't left us yet, and I have no reason to believe that he's going to now.
December is a month I try to reflect, and remember just how blessed we really are. I always think of my mom and dad during the holidays and I miss them terribly still. My dad passed away 14 years ago this year on December 20th. I can hardly believe he's been gone that long. I have such wonderful memories of Christmas' past. I can still remember the smells of baking my mom used to do. She always made homemade candy, jam cake, and fruit cake. I sure would love to have something she made just once more. I loved holidays in the Tuttle home....and it was a "home". Family is such an important part of us, and I am so thankful that being the youngest of ten, our family is still close and I can't imagine my life without them.
I don't make New Year resolutions, but if I did, mine for 2012 would be to reach my goal weight finally. I am so close and I would love to reach my goal by Summer. I haven't been able to walk for several weeks now due to a stress fracture in my foot, and I can tell a difference in the way I feel. Hopefully in a few more weeks I'll be able to get back at it.
I hope that all of you have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderfully blessed New Year. God is good all the time! Can't wait to see what blessings are in store for 2012!
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