Thank you 2019

I am not saying goodbye to 2019. I am saying thank you. There is a lot to thank for.

Yes, just like each and every one of us, I have had my own fair share of trials, tears, and tribulations. But somehow, I am able to go past them and continue with my journey. Even if most of the time I didn’t know how to handle the challenges, I didn’t know which road to take, I somehow found myself in a good place. There must be someone guiding me, or helping me, or carrying me. I found my faith. And that’s what I hold on when I become weak and dreary.

I have no great talents, nor incredible ideas. I belong to the middle minds, those who don’t create but appreciate. Those who don’t establish but flourish. Those who are content not greedy. Those who dream but live realistically. This year as expected, no matter how I pounded my brain cells, I was not able to invent something great that could change the world but grateful for the many little but good ideas that unexpectedly came out of my head.

The year 2019 was challenging as far as our business is concerned. We’re hoping and praying that there wouldn’t be any big challenges this 2020 and in the years to come and whatever problems or negativities we haven’t solved yet in 2019 would find a happy solution soon.

Our family is in good health. Some aches and pains in 2019 that comes with age.

I slipped in my bathroom on April 1 just a few minutes before I was leaving for the airport. Despite incredible pain, I carried on, proceeded as planned, completed my journey. I endured four months of intense 24/7 pain and yet my arm, elbow, and shoulder miraculously healed by itself. It’s now 95% better. Thank you arm, for absorbing the brunt of that fall, otherwise. my head could have hit the cement flooring hard and I could have been seriously hurt. Thank you.

My left wrist and hand all of a sudden are giving me limited mobility and moderate pain. Sometimes I heave a sigh of frustration. Gumaling nga yung kanan kung braso, pumalit naman itong kaliwa. But I console myself by thinking of the 4 months of pain that I endured without medicine and doctor. Soon, my hand and wrist would heal by itself and this pain would go away.

Husband has brought home several more trophies and championships this year. He thinks he only has 5 more years of competitive golfing left. I don’t think so. As long as he can still hit par, then that’s good. He can still compete. He can still win a few more golf club championships.

My son graduated from MBA last August, another blessing to thank for. He is currently continuing his second degree. Seeing my son smile, hearing him talk about his subjects and his professors, are blessings indeed. Thank you, Lord, for protecting my son and lighting his path.

My daughter got engaged and that signals a new era in our family life.

I didn’t have notable achievements this year other than I now have a horse, Shallow, and a unicorn I named Marsha.

For all of the above and more, I say thank you 2019. Thank you, dear Lord.