Jennifer Plesko

I’m a little late in the game posting this; so far I’ve spent nearly all of 2009 sick on the couch. So this year has not made a very good first impression.

However, it still has a very long way to go not to be an improvement over 2008. In fact, 2008 can kiss all of my butt. Those 365 days were some of the worst of my life. It was the pigeon to my statue. If I were to list all of the things that went wrong, it would sound like the most whiny, pitiful country song you’d ever heard. In fact, maybe I’ll try writing a country song so I can at least capitalize on it.

The good news is, even though 2008 totally beat me up and stole my lunch money, I have realized some important things:

• I am a lot stronger than I thought I was - physically and emotionally
• I have developed a knack for seeing the silver lining in every situation
• There are a lot of people who care about me
• I will never be able to do enough to repay the generosity of my friends and my parents
• My dogs are the cheapest form of therapy
• God is always there and always good

I am hoping that things will start to even out for me in 2009. But should this year suck as hard as the last, at least those truths will not change. That means I’ll still be able to deal with whatever comes my way … and that might be the most liberating realization of all.

Happy New Year!