So...I just finished writing in my journal. Probably the last entry for the year...and the decade, for that matter. As kind of a pause for reflection, I listed all of the significant moments, experiences and accomplishments that I can remember from over the last 10 years of my life.
When I finished writing the entry, I was in tears.
I have been so, so blessed in my life--and most especially in the last decade of it. I don't know that it's necessarily appropriate for me to toot my own horn by listing everything that's happened here...so I won't. But as I sat reminiscing, I realized that a definite epoch of my life is coming to a close this next week. I am in a much different place (and I'm not just talking Kenya) than I ever expected to be on New Year's Eve of Y2K. There have been so many experiences--expected and not--that have coalesced into making me a better person, helping me to overcome weaknesses, achieving many of my hopes and dreams, and further solidifying my conversions and convictions. The years have not been without their disappointments, trials, frustrations and heartaches. But tonight, I sit in awe of and gratitude for a Heavenly Father that has seen fit to bless me with some of the deepest desires of my heart. I have much to be grateful for...and I just wanted to publicly admit that.
Good-bye 2000's...you've been terribly good to me.
Hello 2010 and beyond...I can't wait to get to know you.
1 comment:
You are so awesome Andi. Thanks for being such a great example (even a million miles away) and friend. I hope 2010 brings you just as much happieness and love as the last decade did.
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