The tree is down. The decorations are packed away. Another Christmas and New Year have come and gone. We have survived our first week back into our "routine", as well has hit our two month mark in Italy. I can't say that I was ready for the year to end but, I always look forward to what the New Year will bring.
This last year went by in what seems like a blink of an eye, although there are times that it felt like it couldn't go by fast enough. This time last year the girls and I were counting down the days until DH would return from yet another deployment. It felt as if the end of one journey was about to end, and another would be rapidly approaching. We had gotten word that we would be PCS'ing to Europe in the coming months after DH's return, yet the date as always was still in question. When the redeployment time finally arrived, everything seems to move at warp speed and this one was no different. DH made it home and we spent our last few months in Kansas enjoying the company of the wonderful friends that we made while there. It is always a hard thing to say farewell to friends, but as all military families know it is never a "goodbye" it will always be "see you later".
Knowing that we would be leaving the states for an extended period of time, we felt it best to leave Kansas early so that we could spend time with our family, and so with heavy hearts we bid our most recent home farewell and welcomed a new chapter of our lives. Spending time with family was certainly a wonderful blessing, which I know the girls and I enjoyed, and while DH was unable to join us for most of the time, he did make it home in time from TDY to celebrate our 10 year anniversary.
It was finally time to say one more farewell and that was to the "States". Moving to Italy was certainly one of the most exciting times of my life, and I am so blessed to be given this opportunity, as well as to have the chance to show the girls places only others will dream about.
Our first months in Italy have been a wonderful experience. We have had a chance to find a home (after an exceedingly long time in TLF), try the local cuisine, tour some of the local towns, enjoy local wines, and so much more.
And now we start this New Year, and I look forward to what it brings with must anticipation. I know that we will handle whatever we are faced with, and that we will get through it together. Each year in the past I have made resolutions, only to break them within a few days - lose a few pounds, read more books, wake up earlier in the mornings, etc. - but this year I decided not to make any resolutions. Rather this year I am going to work on changing my state of mind, using positive thinking - putting my family and faith first. Realizing the things that are truly important in life and learning who I really am and that I am strong. While I do have goals, I don’t' dare call them resolutions, my motto this year is "Semper Gumby" and for those non-military readers its "Always Flexible". Take things as they come, try not to be ADD about all things, take my incessant need to organize everything as a self learned coping mechanism, and realize that I can't control everything.
So I wish you each a wonderful year ahead, I hope your goals, resolutions, non-resolutions, and so much more become all that you hope them to be.
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