Happy Freakin’ New Year!!!

By jen

Well, folks… 2008 is upon us. Holy shit. 2007 was a year of huge change for me. Most all of it was good; some was just simply difficult.

That said I welcomed the new year last night with my best friends and my husband resting safe in the knowledge my children are all happy and healthy, we all have a roof over our heads and good jobs. The coming year will finally see Kat become a mother and for that we are all thankful.

In the last minutes of 2007 the four of us stood in a loud club full of happy men and women and we danced, even Brian. The countdown sounded and I gave my husband a sloppy kiss and told him I loved him. The dance floor was packed and the air was heavy with smoke and the heat generated by so many bodies dancing and laughing. We hugged and kissed and toasting our good fortune, our health, and the hopes held in the year ahead.

When all is said and done with a year, it isn’t so much what you have bought or where you have been in the past 365 days, it is that you came through it no worse for the wear and if you are truly blessed, you came out better than you started. Dave and I consider ourselves among the lucky ones this year and I know Kat and Brian feel the same way about their lives. We all had a rough start to 2007 but by the end of the year it was all looking up and we find ourself eagerly looking forward to what 2008 has in store for us.

On that note I would like to wish everyone a great 2008 and full of good health and good friends… that really is all that matters in the end, isn’t?