seventh

So I believe the seventh day of the first month of the year to be a traditional time to look back at the year just gone and look forward at the year come, isn't it? And so with my new trying to practice an attitude of gratitude I look back at 2012 with extreme gratitude for those who rejoiced with us in the good times and helped support us as we limped through the trickier times. We had a great first half of the year, and a trickier second half. When I think of 2012 one of my definite highlights was a trip to Great Yarmouth that the husband and myself took. We were only there for a weekend, we enjoyed the beach, shops, circus and watching some of the Olympics on a small grainy TV. We had a great weekend, but it is a highlight of mine because it came at a time when we greatly needed a break, a bit of time of away from normal life to be able to get some perspective on what we were dealing with at the time. However at that time we couldn't afford a break. I am extremely grateful to the husbands parents, my dad and some kind friends who between them paid for somewhere to stay, petrol and gave some money for us to have a meal out/do fun things with. We needed it. We couldn't manage it alone. But with the support of those who love us we managed it.

We couldn't manage it alone. This is a sentence I could write about much of what seems to have happened in the last six or so months. Thankfully we didn't have to manage alone. We have had many of those we love to walk this journey with. Things are a lot better than they were in late Sept/early Oct when I was unsure if I would ever be me again, when I wasn't sure I could handle life any more. There is still a bit of work to be done. Much of it will be done by focusing on all I have to be grateful for, and by stopping wallowing around bemoaning what I wished I did have. An attitude of gratitude. I am determined that this year will be a year filled with gratitude. Gratitude and nail varnish. Well every girl needs as much sparkle as she get in her life!