2012 has come to a close....and it proved that the Mayans just ran out of room on their calendar stone.  Now, maybe Maggie has a chance at graduating high school in 2014!
Joys, sadness, births, and deaths once again came with this year.  Crazy people killing innocent children in a school setting, killing at malls and movie theaters.  A gang rape in India in a public setting.  Wow, how numbing it is!

I am saddened that Maggie and 'the younger generation' will never know life as I did.  Really being safe at school. Walking home from school and not worrying about some stranger or goof head trying to pick me up.  Being sent to the Citizens Union Bank when I was in the 8th grade by Mrs. Romans, my wonderful teacher, to cash her check during school hours.  Yes, she sent me alone and trusted that I would get back to school with all of her money.  Being left at home during the summer and being trusted to be good and behave.

I wish 2013 would be 'like it used to be' for the youngsters.....I can hope.

While I can hope, I made a resolution several years ago not to make resolutions.  Seems that's the only resolution I have ever kept!!!  Now I don't have to worry about that hanging over my head.  The only thing I have worry about now is staying awake.
I'm sitting here trying to get sleepy cause I KNOW I'm gonna need a nap to make it till midnight....

I enjoy ringing in the new year with family and friends in a 'social setting' but I must admit that there is nothing like ringing in the new year in my gown in the coziness of my little humble abode.  I suppose I had better hush to see if a little nappie is in my future as I close out 2012.

Happy 2013.