Following the 52 weeks to simplify your life from Deb over at Home life simplified.
Week 1 challenge is to create a list of what went right in 2011.
Ive found this very difficult to achieve/complete as 2011 was a kind of sucky year for us. 7 months of pain from pregnancy, loosing my little girl to complications, having 2 of my little girls diagnosed with autism, watching my mum get sicker and more riddle with pain and on and on it went.
SO... enough of the bad and onto the challenging part.
2011.. the positives!
Late in 2010 I bought a house, in 2011 I achieved a LOT in the house. We planted fruit trees, put in 2 large vegie patches and did some paving, my parents got us a shed for my bday and some baby chickens for xmas :P Also put in ceiling fans, a built in robe for my bedroom, a dishwasher (BEST thing ive done in ages!) and sooooo many other things!
Miss T started school in 2011. Shes so smart and doing so well, shes learnt to read and do math and all sorts. Shes having an absolute ball and im super proud! Miss J starts in 3 weeks so i hope it goes just as well for her :)
Despite my Amelia passing im so glad i got to carry her to term, feel her kicking and hiccuping away and then got to spend 3 full days with her after her birth getting to know her cute little nose, her little rounded chin and her perfect little fingers.
After loosing her my parents and brothers and sisters finally found the love and closeness we have all lacked for the better part of the last decade. We have been so busy going in different directions we forgot to be a family. We are all closer now and trying harder to be a family :)
Ive learnt not to take anything for granted anymore. I wont take having my healthy little girls for granted, i tell them how much i love them everyday and make sure that i do my best to make the most out of every day with them.
There has been a lot of pain and sadness in our lives in the last year, a lot of suffering, misfortune and upset. But the bonus is we have survived the worst, we are slowly starting to heal and try and make the most out of everyday we have together. Its not easy but we are doing our best.
And im greatful that we have all managed to get so far in such a short frame of time and we are all together.
Moving forward into 2012 All i hope is that we have a slightly better year with love, laughs and lots of fun.
