New Year!

It's a new year. It's amazing how time flies.
I'm glad I can look back over 2008 with fairly stable emotions. Last year at this time I was looking with hatred upon the year of 2007. Nathan had surgery (not major, but not easy for a 7-month-old and his momma), and we lost Nicholas. It was a year of dashed hopes and much pain. This past year had its ups and downs, but I feel that I finished the year with a brighter outlook. It was a healing year. I feel ready to hope again. I don't feel as if I'm carrying a huge raw wound around trying to dodge offense and pain.
So, we are on to a new year. I have no idea what it holds. I do have hope, though. And hope is good.