WOW...Apparently, I haven't observed anything since November. Well, maybe I have and just didn't write it down. I love writing/blogging. Even if nobody reads what I write, it is a great way to express thoughts, feelings and ideas about, well, any and everything on your mind. It's kinda like poetry. When I teach poetry to my 8th grades, I always start off explaining that poety is nothing more than somebody's thoughts, feelings and ideas about something. So, everybody can write because verybody has thoughts feelings and ideas about somethingl

Let's take my 81 year old dad for example. I know, without a doubt, that he has thoughts feelings and ideas about lots of things. I ask him things everyday. And he always has an answer. Sometimes very useful and other times, well, let's just say I look at him and wonder where that came from. He is 81, you know. 81!!! Can you imagine living 81 years? Thats a long time in one sense and not very long at all in another sense. If you put a penny a year in a jar you would only have 81 cents. Hmmm. Thought provoking.

I have been walking. ALOT. Everyday that I can. I'm hooked. I feel so much better when I walk and I sure do sleep good. Oh, and I am losing some weight. I have to get serious next week. I want to lose 10 pounds....fast. Anyway, on these walks, which I usually go on by myself, I have lots of time to think. Lately I have been thinking about my life and changes and goals and desires. With the new year, I know most people make resolutions. I didn't really make any this year. But I do have things I want to do. I want to grow more in my faith. I want to walk closer to my loving God. I want to love and serve others more. I want to spend more time outside. I want to camp more. I want to be creative. These are some of my goals. Nothing to drastic or unattainable.

But mostly what I have been thinking about lately is what I have. How did I get chosen to be so blessed? I'm not that great. Well, I'm pretty great, but no better than anybody else? I mean why do I have a nice home, healthy family, plenty, if not too much, food. Nice clothes. A car. A good job. I look around me all the time and just praise God for his goodness. But sometimes I feel a little guilty. I see people struggle. Kids at school. People I know. Older people who are lonely. People who just seem lost in this big ole world.

So, my biggest goal for this year is to reach out more. Serve more. Love more. Be more than I have been. I am so blessed. Thank you, God.