At the end of each year, I try to come up with a list of
things I’ve learned or gleaned some sort of knowledge or humor from. In random order, here’s what made the list.
My 2012 Year End Review
-You may be getting too attached to your morning news show
when you feel betrayed by seeing one of your favorite field reporters on
another network.
-We are attracted to water. We do recreation in it, on it,
and around it. People want to build their homes by it. People build ponds to
enjoy it. It’s as if we are drawn toward it like metal to a magnet. Perhaps it
has something to do with how we all started off in amniotic fluid.
-There are a lot of hurting people out there. Many are out
there hurting others. Some don’t even know it. Hurt people- hurt people.
-A smile goes a long way. Further than just from ear to ear.
-Toddlers don’t digest kiwi seeds. You should know this
before you have a moment of freaking out over what seems to be bugs in your
child’s diaper.
-A great place to hide things is under the couch. Apparently
I don’t clean under there often.
-Give a child a toy, he will play for a minute. Give a child
a box and he we play for an eternity.
-I should listen to Christmas songs year round. Perhaps I would be more accustomed and
desensitized so I wouldn’t cry at every song I hear from Nov-Dec.
-Definition of
nap- “A short sleep during the day.” I have no idea what this means.
-If wanting a bunker
makes me a crazy prepper, I’m in trouble.
-Sometimes there’s
a fine line between a toddler kiss and a bite.
-Wet forgotten
laundry in the washer not only sours, it breeds.
-If an epiphany, a
great workout, or a dinner with friends fail to make anyone’s Facebook page,
did they really happen?
-Sometimes people
use large words to feel smart. Really, who throws out “Dichotomy” in casual passing? You’re smarter than me. I get
it. (Ashley, this isn’t referring to
you)
-Your child may be
constipated when his diaper falls to the floor, during a diaper change, and
your friends hear a thud in the other room. Prunes, Anyone?
-Once you get a vehicle
with a third row, you have officially
left your “younger years” behind. If you
are totally okay with that, you have officially entered “maturity.”
-Remember those
paper origami fortune things we made as kids? They were the kind that you moved
with your thumbs and pointer fingers and had several layers that predicted your
future? They don’t work. I didn’t marry a New Kid on the Block, have 10 kids,
live in a mansion, or drive a Ferrari. I did way better.
-#TTLOT. Caring for the suffering of the world will
change your life for the better. Give it a try.
-Now that my child
actually watches cartoons, I’ve realized they just don’t make cartoons like
they used to. By that, I’m referring to The Get Along Gang, Shirt Tales,
Rainbow Bright, and The Monchhichi’s.
-Singing WITH my
cuddly son while he falls asleep AND hearing my husband and son giggle while
playing don’t just top my 2012 list of coolest things. It may top the coolest
things ever.
-You may be in an
exercise rut when you see a sale on Spanx and your heart flutters.
-Seeing my husband
try to get his foot out of a stirrup of a bucking horse might have been one of
the most frightening things I’ve seen in a while. Ironically enough, it’s just
plain funny now.
-Air travel with a
baby/toddler is hard.
-A friend’s
terminal cancer disappearing because of thousands of prayers lifted up from all
over the world? Powerful. Life Changing. Blessing to witness.
-I don’t know why,
but sometimes when the world doesn’t make sense, watching the sunset puts
things into perspective.
-It’s awesome my
parents have a dog they love. It’s not awesome they want me to treat her like a
sibling. It makes me feel weird.
-Sarcasm- my
family’s “go to” coping mechanism.
-Different doesn’t
equal bad. Change equals growth.
-Silent prayers
whispered in the deep recesses of your heart are heard and answered. Don’t
think for a second they aren’t.
