The Times They are a'Changing

2009 began with an ending, so it's only fitting that it ends with a beginning. Those who have ridden the year-long roller coaster alongside me have said "You must be glad to see this year end." I bear 2009 no ill will - in fact part of me is sad to bid farewell to this year of change, growth, lessons, laughs, and tears. In 2009:

• contracts were broken and new ones were signed
• I became a better mother
• I became a better friend
• I met myself for the first time
• jobs were taken, roles were changed, time was lost
• I 'interacted with media' - and launched the 3rd major pharmaceutical company blog on the web
• I met amazing people of like minds, different tastes, incredible talents, and unbounding compassion
• I created this blog, where I cautiously peer from behind the barriers of myself, revealing snippets of my soul through chain link defenses
• I cried - sobbed - and mourned a life I never had, worried about the life that will be and eventually let go of all the angst
• I fell in love with myself
• I fell in love with others
• I wrote two novels in my head and 1 chapter on the computer - and I learned that some of the best novels I will create will never be written (side note: ironically I learned this from a dear friend who imparted this wisdom whilst in the midst of writing his 10th novel!)
• I created an entire set of conceptual artwork, which I perfect in my mind while hesitating to put it to canvas - again illusion trumps reality
• I've embraced my inner-psychic, my outer flaws and have realized that I love myself
• I feel powerful, loved and accepted

This is it. This is the life we get. I will never wish a year away or be so anxious to see one pass. And at midnight I will raise my glass to 2010 and embrace the possibilities.