#8 A Recipe

I am sitting here on the couch and thinking about the Holidays and the upcoming New Year. I have decided that this new year is going to be a happy one. All of the stresses of the last 2 years have come to an end. Brennan has a good job, we are moving into a new house (next door) on Jan 1st, and we are all healthy. It is time to stop being sad about losing Michelle. I need to celebrate her life, and the memories we have and trust in the faith of being together again. There is so much to be happy and thankful for.

So my recipe for the New Year is:


A Happy Life

4 cups love
5 spoons of hope
2 cups loyalty
2 spoons tenderness
3 cups forgiveness
4 quarts faith
1 cup family/friendship
1 barrel of laughter

Take love and loyalty, mix thoroughly with faith. Blend it with tenderness, kindness and understanding. Add family/friendship and hope, sprinkle abundantly with laughter. Bake it with sunshine. Serve daily with generous helpings

I have learned that happiness is not the materials in life. Its the friendships made, the time spent with family. When all things come to an end, we start and end with family. And I am so thankful for mine!

Wishing every one a Happy New Year with much love and happiness.