New Year New Decade....

2010...

WOW can't believe we are starting a new decade! I remember New Year's Eve 1999. We had a big Y2K party at Dan and Charlene's home. Some of my closest SEC friends were there along with my bro in law and family...All the children were so young, I'm not even sure if anyone was yet school age. We watched the ball drop and waited for the lights to go off:) I video taped that moment as we began a new century. There was a beautiful song playing in the background as I scanned all the kids, especially my Steve, and I wondered what the new century would bring to us, to them. Now 10 years into it, all those children are now teenagers and some new ones have been added. Dan and Charlene have moved to New York to start a church and our life has changed rather dramatically too! Life changes....

Last night Jon and I actually went to bed at 11pm! We just couldn't stay up any longer since we had gotten up early that morning. I didn't even hear the fireworks at midnight cause I was sawing logs:) We did do some fireworks earlier and almost scared our dogs to death. Our big outside Lab was so upset we let her sleep in the laundry room since we were afraid that if any neighbors shot off fireworks she might run out into the woods.

Yesterday I was thinking how this coming decade will change out lives. By 2020, Steve will be 24 years old and hopefully graduated from college, who knows he may be married...Shad and Sam will be 16 years old...It's sad to think of them growing up and moving on...

The future is scary...wow the worries can overwhelm at times...what will happen globally with the economics, terrorism, politically....Personally the future is scary also...worries about Sam's health and how to parent an older child with disabilities (I just hope by 2020 Sam will quit trying to take his clothes off in public:O ) worries about our other two boys, health safety...

I'm glad we can depend on God to get us through WHATEVER the future holds whether it is good or bad...I used to be more optimistic about life and the future. Now I'm more realistic but I know through it all God is in control!