I liked this one.... and it is right up my alley with my dental background.

I haven't been writing much lately. Not for fun anyway. I have had a break from school and work. I have done nothing very useful with myself. I did unpack two boxes from the garage. Mom would be glad. I still have plenty more.

I got a 4.0 in my first semester of graduate school. Nothing like setting a high standard. I have never, ever gotten a 4.0 in my life. I will only take one class this next semester. Since we are paying cash, we can't afford for me to take more than one. It is okay though. Spring will be busy.

It has been a long year. Some good things and some not so good things, but as I look back I see God's blessing on me and my family. God has been merciful.

I haven't made any resolutions for the year. Although I don't remember making any last year (maybe I should look back at my blog), I did some big things. I lost 20 pounds and have managed to keep almost all of them off! I started graduate school and carried a 4.0. Those are two biggies.

The one life changing event that occurred was my mother's death. It has been very life changing. I am still navigating the loss of both of my parents.... I think in spite of all of that I am doing well. I am still on my journey to heaven.

One thing I am doing this year is a life journal. I am going to try to read my bible more. Thanks Sondie for the journals for my family! :o)

I did start a journal on January first last year... I have made it the entire year... I wrote in it everyday! I was proud of myself. I will journal again this next year. I have my journal ready to go.

I kept a log of the books I read last year. I read 30 books. Not great, but considering I took 4 months off for graduate school and didn't list the three books I read during those months, not too bad. I haven't looked at it closely to see how many non-fiction versus fiction I read, but I would like to read more this year.... not sure if that will happen, but I will continue my book log.

For a girl with no resolutions... I just came up with a few!

1. Read the Bible more.
2. Continue to journal.
3. Continue my book log.
4. At least keep my weight off and maybe take a few more off... may be impossible, but the doctor likes my weight right now!

I hope you all had a blessed year and l look forward to blogging in the next year! I may do more blogging... who knows! We will see how time, work and graduate school goes!

Blessings!

Elisabeth's Mémoire

Title: At My Maw Maw’s Funeral
First off, you probably think I’m crazy saying a name like Maw Maw, but that’s what I called my grandma. I woke up not knowing what was going to happen in this day, but knowing it was going to be sad. I got dressed in my short black dress and my red high heels. That was what my Paw Paw had requested for his funeral so we also wore them for my Maw Maw’s funeral. The reason they were red is because red stands for love. Once I got to the Hafer funeral home for my Grandmas Funeral, I was introduced to a bunch of old people. Seeing old people made me sob because I was missing my Grandma so much. By the time the actual funeral started, I remembered the year before, when I was at the same exact funeral home. The reason I was there the year before was because my Paw Paw died. I remembered when I was sitting next to my Maw Maw sobbing and she said, “Everything was going to be okay, he’s in a better place now.” I thought there was no way, “Everything was going to be okay”. I knew my Maw Maw was dying, I could tell by the way she slowly moved around and acted. The thing is, the last time I saw her, was at my house with my relatives, but I didn’t expect it to be the last. At my Maw Maw’s funeral I sat next to my uncle, I liked sitting next to him, but his hugs just weren’t as good as my Maw Maw’s big pillow-like hugs. Five different emotions swept through me at the same time, I was sad that this had to happen. At the same time, I was sort of angry at God for letting this happen. A few songs were played, one of them was called, “Go Rest High on that Mountain.” After the funeral I knew there would be a lot of crying from my family especially from my mom, because it was her mom that had died and the year before her dad had died too. I thought that what was happening to my mom now, would someday happen to me. This made me aware to spend every day as if it’s your last.

This was a project for Elisabeth at school. It made me realize this last year has changed all of us!