A New Year is upon us. I know everyone will be posting their resolutions and goals for the upcoming year only to forget about them a month or so later. It’s the same thing that I hear and see from people every year. I, for one, am not a resolution maker. I never have been and I doubt I ever well be.

This year, in a way, I’m making a change in the way I begin my year. Normally, my New Year’s day is treated like nothing special and just another day. This year I’ve decided I’m going to do two things, 1. I am going to look back and be extremely grateful for 2013 and especially the second half of the year.

And 2. I am looking forward to the coming year with optimism, excitement and a renewed enjoyment of life in general. Hopefully it will be another successful year with more ups and downs, and we will continue to make memories to be grateful for next year!

I would like to wish all of our followers and readers a full, happy and healthy 2014.