2012 Year End Review

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.