2011: the Year of the Sandwich

BOOM! BOOM! HONK! (Applause) You can hear the sounds of 2012 ringing in. You can see darling couples sneaking a smooch right at 12:00! There are oohs and ahhs heard all around as the sparkling ball drops when the clock strikes midnight. Goodbye 2011! You were wonderful! I had so many experiences and I learned so much that it is hard to believe that you can actually fit that much life in a year! Yes, there were major roadblocks and heartaches, but there were also some of the sweetest moments that I will remember as long as I shall live. 2011 was definitely a sandwich year. The first six months were some of the happiest months of my life. They were also life changing months. I fell in love for the first time. It is hard to believe what can happen in such a short time. The next three months were some of the darkest days in my history. I was heartbroken, hurt, lost and broken. It was painful. I don't think I have ever felt that lost in my whole life. Finally, September rolled around to save my life. When you meet people, you have no idea what they will bring to your life. It doesn't even have to be romance, mine wasn't.... It was a long awaited friendship. It just has to be a spark. The spark that helped me to rekindle the flame of life within me is something that you probably wouldn't expect. She may only be five feet tall, but her heart is much bigger than that. She brought the fun back into my life. She showed me how to put the past, however wonderful it may seem, behind and search for a brighter future. She helped me to find myself again. So I would say that 2011 was a sandwich year. Great! dark... Great! As I thought about my New Year's Resolutions, I decided that most of all, I just want to love life and live it how it is meant to be lived!