2005--Hopefully a Happy New Year
Well the year has come to a close and of course we celebrated our annual way of playing games and watching Times Square. The kids love this because they get to stay up late into the night and we like the quieter atmosphere. Frances didn't last past eight, but the other two did. I was surprised Elizabeth managed considering she is very ill, a raging fever and terrible hacking cough didn't keep her from enjoying the fun, and from providing us with wonderful memories. She is a terribly cute sick person, so cuddely and lovable it makes you sad that you can't just take it all away from her.
I think the funnest game was the Battling Tops which Gil and Jess both handily beat Rose and I. For most of the night Elizabeth just watched lethargically from the couch and she tried to participate in Clue Jr. but only succeeded in telling everyone who stole the chocolate cake. Oh well she did it in the most cute way.
It seems almost sad to be celebrating at all when half a world away there is such pain and misery. The terrible quake and tsunami that has taken such a horrendous toll and wreaked havoc on one of the most beautiful places on earth, and changed so many lives forever isn't even a week old and my heart breaks for all the mothers who have lost babies, and babies who have lost mothers. It is a helpless feeling being here in our warm houses, with so much food it often goes to waste, with clothes to spare and so many people literally have nothing tonight but their lives, and so many more no longer have those; I wish there was someway to do more than send donations, but to bring some sort of comfort and peace to a people who had already suffered so much and so tonight I will offer the only thing I can: my prayers for them and those they love.
Hopefully 2005 will be a year that will be full of happiness and joy for my family. My wishes are for a happy healthy baby, a miracle for my sister who is in so much pain, peace for Rose as she struggles to find her place in this world, prosperity for Gil as he continues to toil away at the buisness, maturity for Jessica as she continues to grow, strength for Elizabeth as she approaches kinder-garten, tolerance for Frances so that no harm will befall the new baby, and a lasting deep healing for me that I can move past those events that have trapped me in the past. Those are my prayers for tonight.
Goodnight all, good-bye 2004 hello 2005.
I think the funnest game was the Battling Tops which Gil and Jess both handily beat Rose and I. For most of the night Elizabeth just watched lethargically from the couch and she tried to participate in Clue Jr. but only succeeded in telling everyone who stole the chocolate cake. Oh well she did it in the most cute way.
It seems almost sad to be celebrating at all when half a world away there is such pain and misery. The terrible quake and tsunami that has taken such a horrendous toll and wreaked havoc on one of the most beautiful places on earth, and changed so many lives forever isn't even a week old and my heart breaks for all the mothers who have lost babies, and babies who have lost mothers. It is a helpless feeling being here in our warm houses, with so much food it often goes to waste, with clothes to spare and so many people literally have nothing tonight but their lives, and so many more no longer have those; I wish there was someway to do more than send donations, but to bring some sort of comfort and peace to a people who had already suffered so much and so tonight I will offer the only thing I can: my prayers for them and those they love.
Hopefully 2005 will be a year that will be full of happiness and joy for my family. My wishes are for a happy healthy baby, a miracle for my sister who is in so much pain, peace for Rose as she struggles to find her place in this world, prosperity for Gil as he continues to toil away at the buisness, maturity for Jessica as she continues to grow, strength for Elizabeth as she approaches kinder-garten, tolerance for Frances so that no harm will befall the new baby, and a lasting deep healing for me that I can move past those events that have trapped me in the past. Those are my prayers for tonight.
Goodnight all, good-bye 2004 hello 2005.
posted by Anne | 3:00 AM
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