2014 Year in Review -

2014 was one HELL of a ride...from the first week into the year, to the very last week of the year... a ride!  What about you...did you document this past year as well as you really wanted to? Or were you like me and didn't document much of anything - let alone take pictures?  So many things happened, yet not enough words written to be able to "see" all the things we went through!  For me personally, I wish I would have documented more than I did...took more pictures of the day to day events than I did!  Life goes by way too fast...

• My oldest niece passed away...33 years old, went to sleep and didn't wake up on 1/8/14.  I never thought I could miss someone so much every day of my life from the day I got that phone call until today...  
• Because of that, I learned life is way too short to live in hatred and anger...  I also learned it isn't just up to ME, everyone has their own free agency in life to decide what THEY WANT too.  
• Major surgery to get a health issue taken care of - because of it, another issue helped out!  I hated the surgery, and that in which came afterwards with Physical Therapy...but for the most part, things are looking up in that respect!  
• Time spent helping my church out - making things look nice where it was needed the most!  Feeling good about what I was able to accomplish...watching the blessings unfold because of it!    
• A new job - a new endeavor (Stampin' Up) - a scrapbook retreat on the horizon - paper craft classes starting, handmade crafts for people - web site...life moving in a forward motion, instead of backwards like normal!  Yet that is what happens when you shut doors and move forward!  
• Furniture...I'm now bursting at the seams and just need a few key pieces, instead of having no furniture and live in a "dinky" place!  Where I had to sleep on an air mattress for a year, I'm off the floor and in a regular bed!  
• Things replace - a truck paid off - life moving in a better direction!  Getting past issues taken care of, buying a car - and getting other stuff rolling for others in the household!  
• Some fences mended...others - the door finally shut for good.  Finding wonderful friends - and thanking GOD for the many blessings He has helped me to get!  
• For the first time - birthday gifts for 4 grandkids sent...and Christmas sent this year as well! 
• Plans made for next year - and goals made this year that was actually hit!!!  Some bills paid off, others on a list to BE paid!   

I can't wait to get the entire project done...  So many fun, interesting, horrible, ruthless, can't get through things that happened this year...each of them require documentation for sure!   With as many amazing things that happened this year, I almost can't wait to see what this year will hold for us!  

Lynda Jeffs

Memories in Tyme