Foodcents's Blog

Hi friends, happy almost New Years!!!! I can hardly believe 2009 is just hours away from being over. Even more so, I can hardly believe that ten years ago we were about to move into a new century. I remember ten years ago very well: I was a sophomore in college in Boulder, was about to move into a house with 3 guys I hardly knew and one girl I did know (thankfully) and maybe most memorable was having just met the boy who would be my “first love” (though I didn’t know at the time) days before. Those were good times: innocent, carefree and sometimes we made it to classes Ohhh and the “first love” and I didn’t last, but remain friends to this day

In regards to 2009, I would be lying if I said it had been a superb year for me. It’s been interesting to say the least. It has been heartbreaking at times, full of laughter at others and utterly bizarre as well. I have had to watch good friends leave, while having amazing strangers enter & become great characters in the story of life.

This year has taught me what true friendship means, how amazingly blessed I am to have both the friends & family I do and that life has odd ways of bringing new friends into our existence.

This year, more than the last two, have made me truly realize that I do indeed have MS. I tried to deny it as much as possible but this year there was no more of that. It reared its ugly head in a very unacceptable manner, one in which I could not turn my head to. Now more than ever it has challenged my body and in turn my spirit. If I had a good picture for all this, I would be inserting it here, but sometimes words are better than pictures or perhaps I have yet to find the right one. If I ever find it, I will be sure to alert the presses so y’all know!!!

I know I am ready for this year to be over. I know it hasn’t been the best one, but sometimes that is just how it goes. If I have learned anything it’s that we do not have complete control over events. When you understand that life involves a certain level of flexibility, the journey is a wee bit easier then. The ability to laugh is important, this I know and has only been instilled further in me this year.

Finally, to all my readers & friends I have made since finding the bloggie world (by accident at that) THANK YOU. It’s been a super fun experience to meet people who understand why I get a thrill out of going to the grocery store, why I have this deep desire to try odd foods and who don’t believe that a recipe needs to be followed to a “T” !!! My eyes have been opened to many new foods, ways of eating and common bonds shared: all thanks to the bloggie world. Most of all thank you for reading my random posts and the super amazing comments and emails I recieve. So much support and love have been shared in the words and I can not begin to express how much they mean.

I hope in 2010 to make some changes, both with the blog and for myself. In regards to the blog, I am still bouncing some ideas and things around – we will see what happens. Personally, I hope to spend more time doing Pilates and less time being fascinated by Hollywood (yeah, we will see on that one). I shall hopefully plan a trip for the summer, to celebrate no longer being a 20-something  – I am thinking Big Sur, CA, anyone been?

Best to each and every one of you for a beautiful and interesting 2010. Wherever you are and whatever you are doing, please be safe friends. 1,934,426 THANKS TO YOU ALL!!! Remember how beautiful you all are as we go into this new year