The worst... major financial issues - almost losing the house, losing one of the vehicles. Also major spiritual warfare which eventually led to us leaving our church.
The best... feeling God's presence in a huge way all throughout the year and being blessed in crazy, unexplainable ways at every turn. I also became much, much closer to my best friend and her daughter through the craziness. And we've already found a church body where we're very happy. Just not sure if that's where we're meant to stay...
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Mine ios strange- one of our worst was actually also one of our best, so I guess I'd call it our most life altering more than worst/best... Most life altering was David facing redundancy last year, it was terrifying and it really felt like the worst thing that could happen but now it led to us realising how little we can cope on and doing that to get him back into school- can't even begin to describe what an uplift his change in attitude towards everything has been in this household. It really is wonderful and I can't help but feel the redundancy was definitely our biggest "meant to be" we've ever had in life... he was stuck in a rut because of the security of having any wage and when that security got took away we truly had nothing to lose by risking him going back to school.
Worst single event for me in 2009 has undoubtedly got to be my sister losing her first baby in February- it truly did knock me sideways as we'd had no idea she was pregnant and she lost her baby in the exact same way we suffered our missed miscarriage. It bought back alot for me.
Best thing in 2009 is definitely the babies- my sisters second pregnancy is due to result in a baby boy any day now- she's due end of January/early feb but they are fairly sure she'll be nearer to 36 than 40 weeks with him and of course getting healthily into the second trimester of our pregnancy with this very much wanted fifth child.
That being said 2009 has been a good one to us all around- we paid down our debt, David went back to school, the three oldest kids did well in school, Loki was discharged from speech therapy, my SIL got engaged, my nephew, Loki and myself all got through swine flu healthily (which was a scary time being pregnant with it) I'm making some good friends locally since settling into the new house & school community, 2009 has been a year of risks & dramatic changes but have seized everyone as an oportunity to move forwards.
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Beka, I'm just stunned that you waited this long to tell us!!! I'm very excited for your coming year
Worst moment of 2009 was on 1/1/2009, when Rachel was admitted (again) to the hospital for depression. It was a sad time in our family, and I struggled so hard with whatever it was that I had done (or not done) that had made her have such a low self esteem
We did have a lot of great moments in 2009, after she was discharged. She's gotten steadily better and I now feel hesitantly confident that she's turned that sad, dark corner of her life.
I think my favorite "best" of '09 was our trip to Topsail Island (North Carolina) with the girls, and Brian's parents. It was soooo relaxing and the girls enjoyed themselves so much. A great, great family time.
Also - Christmas this year was very peaceful, and an extremely blessed time. We REALLY enjoyed the time with the kids
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Wow. Where to start? I guess the worst, or what set it off, was discovering in January that DH had been spending time looking at online porn in secret. We had just started counseling, and this event kind of spiralled into lots of other issues that made this year very stressful. I don't look for 2010 to be any different that way.
Best? I guess realizing, through all that, that I have been blessed with so many other things, like a wonderful family, exceptional friends, amazing children, a supportive church family, and knowing that whatever happens, I will be okay.
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I'm dealing with things that are coming up & Joshua is being so wonderful and patient with me. I hate that I have some left over issues from my marriage that keep cropping up. I'm tired of dealing with crap & I'm ready to just, and only be, happy already. I'm so lucky to have a guy that really understands and stays even when I push him away.
For the first time in ages I'm looking forward to the new year and excited.
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“Eat a live frog every morning, and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” -Mark Twain
I've really had a very good year, and it's honestly hard to think of a worst thing. I guess it would be our financial situation. Enrollment was down where we work, so I only got one class to teach in the spring, and DH didn't get any kind of raise, so we ended up bringing in less money this year than the year before, and still have a loooooooooong way to go on paying off debts (especially student loans).
Best things would definitely be my getting pregnant and Sean finishing his PhD, both of which were awesome.
The worst by far was that Steve and I had reached a point where we just couldn't see ourselves being together anymore. We've gone through rough spots before, but this was the worst. I actually went to look at a couple of apartments and we both sat down and figured out how everything would work with us separating.
The best of course would be us not separating. We just looked at each other one day and said why would we do this? Why would we separate when we have everything we ever wanted. It's been work, but we are probably at the best point of our relationship right now. We are both being more honest and we are both actually trying. It's wonderful
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Worst: Dh continuing to be gone all the time and missing stuff, and also I feel like it has finally affected our relationship. It took a while but it's happened. So that kind of stinks.
Best: Number one would be getting my diagnosis (bipolar I) and starting lithium. I am feeling so much more like my old self; my OLD old self, like from 15 years ago. I'm not saying it was the magic bullet and I suddenly no longer have any issues of any type but it has made worlds of difference. It has been so lovely not crashing and burning over minuscule things and actually feeling like I love life again.
And number two would be that we've gotten back to doing quite a bit of traveling again. For so many years we've either had no money or I've been in such a bad mental place that I didn't feel like doing anything, and now my head is straightened out and we've had more income and it's enabled me to go quite a few places this year. It's also enabled me to discover a new band and singer and then to get acquainted with that singer, who is a really neat person, and that's another one of the best things from this year.
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The best of course would be us not separating. We just looked at each other one day and said why would we do this? Why would we separate when we have everything we ever wanted. It's been work, but we are probably at the best point of our relationship right now. We are both being more honest and we are both actually trying. It's wonderful
It makes me smile to hear this. I'm so happy for you, Colleen.
It makes me smile to hear this. I'm so happy for you, Colleen.
Me too!!!
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Best: With Michael not needing any surgery or major medical situations, we finally had the opportunity to do some fun stuff while Mick was laid off. So I guess Mick having furlough weeks were we were able to save up enough to do some small traveling was the best.
Worst: The last two months have been bad. Mick and I are realizing that his mother has a huge effect on his mood and the thought of seeing her makes him see red. Since we see her at least twice and for several days during this time, it was a rough holiday season for him and us. Thankfully his mood is improving now that there are no visions of seeing his mother any time soon again.
Best- Finding out that we were expecting baby number 4 Our recent trip to MS. I am glad that we got to spend Christmas with Tim before he leaves (and with my family)
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Colleen that is great news!!! I thought of you a lot.
Worst - the life I lead most of 09. Not dealing with a lot of crap. Hating that perfect job I had gotten and realizing that I just couldn't get a handle on life.
Best (have a few) - probably being terminated, which gave me the opportunity to do what I love to do. Have my own Graphic Design business (taking one over from a friend).
ending things with the boy i was seeing who was just a huge negative impact on my life. I got involved with the wrong crowd and my priorities when I was not with my children shifted
getting strength to take care of myself. Realizing that I do NOT need a male in my life. I am working on mending and growing my friendships with my girlfriends. My goal is to relearn how to be a GIRLfriend to my true girlfriends. I realized I never knew how to be a good friend, as I never had the opportunity to really learn that with the X
moving into this place. I feel its my first real 'home' eventhough it has a lot of work.
Bestest best part of 2009 - discovering who Jenny is
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Thanks guys! We're in a really good place right now, and it feels great! We're both happy to be around each other and everything seems to be going good for us.
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WOW... I almost missed Beka's announcement!!! SOOOO EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS!
And, Congrats to Colleen!!!
Best for me... meeting BB. I have to write a long drawn-out post at some point, but I'm just happy beyond happy, now... and in a different way... just to know that I wasn't crazy and there was a feeling out there that I could tap into! Everyone told me I had too many requirements and I would never meet someone like that. But, I have, and it makes my heart happy...
Worst... wasn't terrible... 2009 was a good year... the worst thing I can think of is going through the stupid drama with Aj and her classmates. It really broke my heart to see her suffer.
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I've been thinking and thinking about this and I really don't know. Overall 2009 was a really good year. I guess I'd have to say that the trip to Europe was both the best and worst thing about the year.
Worst because of all the freakin stress that went into planning it and planning that wedding and dealing with my mil planning the stupid wedding. Best because it was really fun, not only to be in such cool places, but just to be with Eric and Brady everyday for 2 weeks. It was awesome to spend so much time together.
Oh and Colleen, that's wonderful that you guys are so happy together now! I didn't realize you had decided to work things out.Yay for that!
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