A New Year ... A New Decade ...

Today I am so very, very happy to finally have 2009 behind me. It was a very difficult year for me, for my friends, for my family ... Between the middle of November and the end of December my uncle, my mother, my aunt, and finally my husband all ended up having medical emergencies requiring hospital stays of varying lengths. A dear friend lost his wife during this period; another friend lost not one, but two of her young cousins; as I type this, a wonderful young man whose senior photos I had the pleasure of creating recently is in the hospital, having just had a large cyst removed from his brain. It was just a long, tough year.

Considering the Void (c) Tina M. Harris

But now as we begin this new year -- and this new decade -- I hold out hope that this will be a turning point for me, for my friends, and for my family. I am hopeful that 2010 will bring healing to those who have lost loved ones. I am hopeful that my family will remain healthy (because really the hospitals and insurance companies just don't need our money. They just don't!) I am hopeful that my husband and his business partner will finally have a home for their theatre. I am hopeful that my newest venture will be successful beyond my wildest dreams, and that my brother's business will finally take off and allow him to hire an assistant, and that all my friends and loved ones will see their fondest wishes come true. There is no way to know just what the year will hold for us, but I do remain hopeful that it will be a fantastic year for us all!