Happy New Year 2020... thanks to 2019.

I just watched the countdown to the new year in New York as my hope is to crawl into bed as soon as I can.  I'm wiped out.  Jennings is sleeping next to me and I know the girls will be up by 6 so I best get on my way.  But before I jump into bed, I wanted to pause to look back and reflect on the goodness that was brought to us in 2019.

The biggest blessing was him...

 

I prayed for many weeks that we would get to bring a healthy into our lives and that he or she would complete our family.  We couldn't have been any more blessed than what we have been with Jennings.

Each week that passed by was a huge blessing and I never took one day of my pregnancy with Jennings for granted.  I savored every day and was thankful for each day I was given. I  never looked at it like I had to get to a certain point but that I wanted to live in the moment of each day I had.  

And tonight as I get ready to go to bed, I look at this picture of our family and I realize just how lucky I am. Ten years ago when we turned the calendar to 2010, I was not a mother and it was my biggest dream.  Now just ten years later and I have been blessed to be a mom multiple times over to babies here on earth and even above.  

2019 was a great year, and I look forward to 2020 with cautious excitement.  I look forward to continuing my education, to watching the kids grow and to helping them with their goals. I also plan to make this a year of making time to take care of myself.  I think as of late, I've dedicated the majority of my time to caring for the others and my tank has been running on empty too much.

Tonight I give thanks for the dreams answered in 2019, for the prayers heard and for the gifts we were given. Giving thanks for all 2019 entailed and cheers to what 2020 will bring.

Until 2020, 

Angie