𝓣𝓗𝓔 𝓢𝓐𝓥𝓘𝓝𝓖 𝓟𝓛𝓐𝓒𝓔

I have chosen a Discussion about  NEW YEAR’S EVE 2018 to tell you a bit about the author of this blog

Get To Know Me

Even though I’ve never been comfortable talking about myself, readers here will appreciate some background. After all, Our perspectives and values are born through life experience. So, here is a little bit about me, Heather Christina, the author of this blog

A night Alone and Positive Reflection

Here I sit alone in my cozy little home on New Year’s Eve, 2018. Consequently I could either feel sorry for myself or decide to make this a time of heart warming reflection. I chose to be positive. Therefore, I had an opportunity to reflect on my life and be thankful for all that God had done in and for me.

And so, NEW YEAR’S EVE 2018 gives me an opportunity to Reflect

Reflections of Celebrations

<p class=”has-text-color has-vivid-red-color”><strong><em>Many will spend this New Year’s Eve in celebration with friends. A celebration which for some will Include the pleasure of </em></strong><a rel=”noreferrer noopener” href=”https://www.directcellars.com/858584/enrollment/enrollmentconfiguration” target=”_blank”><strong><em>fine wine and good food.</em></strong></a><strong><em> However for others it will be a short lived pleasure with consequences. </em></strong></p>

However this night can also be, for many, a time of quiet conversation and reflection on past times.  Good friends of many years sharing together in laughter and sometimes even tears will offer lasting pleasure and no regretful consequences. This is my kind of New Year’s celebration!

House To House

I have had the joy of sharing several New Year’s Eve celebrations with dear friends.  There were all night house to house dashes to enjoy food and drink unique to each home along with pleasant conversation and perhaps an exuberant game of charades or pictionary.

A Reflection of New Year’s Celebrations with Good Friends

Subsequently memories of those evenings often come to mind. And they fill my heart with joy. Also, I am often overcome with thankfulness for good and loyal friends. Those connections have lasted and grown sweeter as the years passed.

Reflecting On: No Longer Newly Weds

Naturally over the years these activities enjoyed as young newlyweds changed. We became more sedate (but still fun) and clearly less enthusiastic game participants. We were more mature! Because we were “older weds” now our level of enthusiasm was more subdued! We still however enjoyed an evening of fun with good friends. So table games and plates full of .delicious, recipes to be remembered and copied became an evening of “fun”

A celebration such as the dawning of a new year full of opportunity brings joy and anticipation to my heart. And moreover this night of celebration always causes me to reflect upon the goodness of God. My desire is to share those blessings with others, Folks whom God brings into my life hear of His provision and revealed plans for me. These opportunities bring me joy and are part of my fulfillment.

Therefore looking forward to a new year is hopeful and full of excited anticipation. Of course a new year brings new opportunities to learn from God and experience His working in my life.

I have built my life upon the work of Jesus Christ and my growing relationship with Him. This is a truth to be shared with others. This same love and grace of God is available to everyone. And above all I must share it with them.

Reflection on Growing Older

New Year’s Eve for the next few years was less memorable. We were growing older and slowing down. Therefore no more “life of the party” at 1:00 am, rather it was “tucked in warm and cozy” closer to 10:00 pm.

Games around the table with beloved friends and sharing with each other of challenges and joys we had experienced throughout the year filled our hearts with satisfaction.

The Millenium 

However there was one particularly memorable New Year’s Eve. December 31, 1999. This was the night which would usher in a new millenium.  Of course much anticipation and wonderment had gone before this night. What would happen? Three possibilities came to mind:

• Perhaps the world would come to an end (as predicted by some)?
• Could the money markets crash (again)?
• Would we still be alive on January 1, 2000?

Now it was our turn to host the “bash” and we were ready! An asortment of food contributions kept us pleasantly full. High pointy party hats (to be worn by everyone), fashionable top hats, noisemakers to blow; metal pots and  pans to bang with metal spoons told all around that we were ready for what laid ahead.  Truly we were not “olderweds” any more we were just getting old! Here was our expression of joy to be alive and looking forward to the entrance of the new year

LEAP YEAR

12:01. It was the new (leap) year 2000! There was a “real” birthday ahead for me! And, as all the others before it, year 2000 arrived offering new challenges and joys. A Caribbean cruise with some close friends, retirement for my husband, a “real” birthday for me on February 29; hospital stays for both of us and the joy of watching our children pursue chosen paths of higher education; the anticipation of a marriage for our youngest daughter. All of these led us through the first year of the new millenium successfully. This had been a year full of changes and there were more, BIGGER ones to come!

A New Normal

Moving to the country and a new friendship with a dear young family brought a “new normal” to our lives.

In the country, living in a wonderful old farmhouse with a long, long staircase  beautiful hardwood floors, a newly built kitchen, a lovely dining room and many country mice to keep us company fulfilled a lifelong desire for my husband.

We settled in easily to our new place in the world and enjoyed all that it offered.  I thrived in the lovely “country kitchen” and spent as much time as possible puttering in there after a day of meeting the needs of vacationers at the local conference centre. My husband loved every minute he spent helping with farm chores and assisting in the gravel business.
We were so thankful to our God for blessing us with this joy.

The Memory Tree

December 2008 brought us another amazing blessing. My brother from Ottawa traveled to our country home to spend a few days with us after Christmas.

We shared hours at the “memory tree” recalling so many adventures and fun times as well as some sad things. This was an especially precious time of “mending bridges” and challenging conversations.And aboveall webuilt memories.

For Heather

What is a Sister?

A sister is someone who loves you
Who knows you and loves just the same
Whatever your path, forgetting her wrath
She reaches out wanting to hold you
And tell you that all is right
Just to tell you that it’s all right

A sister remembers the good times
She spent by your side as a child;
She remembers the times that she wished you would leave
And never ever return
Oh, please, may he never return

But then there were times of loving,
Shared closely with Mother and Dad
When Pure Spring and chocolate on Friday nights
Made everything seem just fine
Everything seemed just fine

Then as adults our paths were parted
Each went a different way
But nothing could separate us
From the things we needed to say
There were things we needed to say

Funny how some things go unsaid;
It’s hard to understand
How feelings as deep as the ocean itself
Slip though our fingers like sand

So here we are now so much later
Each with our own separate lives
Sharing our days with the ones we love best
And remembering youthful dreams
Remembering youthful dreams

So each in his own or her own way
Remembers the times we shared
And each can share these thoughts with the others
For sharing them shows we still care

What matters most for a sister
Is to open her heart and say
That the things that we shared together as kids
Can never be taken away
Will never be taken away

More Changes And New Challenges 

But soon the “new normal my husband and I had settled into was, to be changed. On a very cold winter day, while carrying bales of hay from the barn Cater succumbed to a major heart attack and went to Heaven. January 15, 2009, was the day he went to Heaven. One month later he celebrated his 65th birthday with Jesus.

This was the day MY “new normal” began.

“For you created my inmost being;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.”

New Year’s Eve 2018

Therefore, New Year’s Eve 2018 is being spent not “house hopping” until morning; not at a house party with noise makers, nor at a table playing games with friends. New Year’s Eve this year I am not down in the Party Room with friends and neighbors, but in front of my computer doing what I have come to love! I’m writing an essay of my thoughts in the format of a blog.  I had no idea this could be such fun! So, in conclusion my evening of reflection has brought me to a place of satisfaction and expectation of good things which lie ahead,

A New Discovery

PERFORMANCE BLOGGING SYSTEM

I looked for something profitable and fulfilling to fill my new found abundance of time. When I signed up for Performance Blogging with Rory Ricord it was to learn how to make money on the internet. We would learn to build a Performance Blogging System and, along with link posting, harness the power of the internet to make significant money. To make money was my goal.

But this program is so much more. For sure, there are friendships to make; new ideas to explore; a wealth of learning about the internet and it’s power; amazing products and services  to offer people worldwide and YES there’s money to be made, PLENTY OF IT!

And, of course,I look forward to reaping the bounty of my efforts. But until that comes I am having the time of my life sitting in front of my computer tapping into the wealth of the internet and expanding my thinking and creating powers

 Come and join me, you’ll have the time of your life!      Check it out HERE

𝓜𝓐𝓚𝓔 𝓜𝓞𝓝𝓔𝓨 𝓞𝓝𝓛𝓘𝓝𝓔 𝓦𝓘𝓣𝓗 𝓡𝓞𝓡𝓨 𝓐𝓝𝓓 𝓗𝓐𝓥𝓔 𝓕𝓤𝓝 𝓓𝓞𝓘𝓝𝓖 𝓘𝓣

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