New Year Dreams

It is New Year's Eve. Hubby is off to work again. I am alone with the dog, fortified Mountain Dew and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. It is not a night for dancing or partying, but it is a night to finalize my resolutions and to put my thoughts in order.

I'd like to lose those twenty pounds again, the same twenty I gain and lose on a regular basis. I'd like to resolve to get our house free of clutter for once (I did not inherit Zelda's passion for neatness).I'd like to cheer up a bit, and I know that will get better when the holidays end and spring is nigh. I want my faith to be stronger. I want another job, one I really like, to supplement the hours I'm losing at one place and not getting at the other. I want to retire, though I know I can't.

The other resolutions are far too personal to share.

For you, my friends, I have some wishes.

In 2013, I wish that all of your prayers be answered.

I wish that all your dreams (and maybe a few fantasies) come true.

I wish that you may learn to see people for who they are instead of their race, nationality, politics, weight, wealth or handicap.

I wish that you  would know friendship when it is offered and love when it is given, and to cherish it with all your being.

I wish that your faith will move mountains.

I wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2013.

Happy New Year!