It's almost the New Year and I have decided to enter this one differently than past years. I've decided to enter with not regrets. Six years ago when I came out to the world, and entered one of the happiest times of my life, many things imploded too shortly thereafter. I never knew if one caused or effected the other or not, but at this point that doesn't matter. My upbringing was with two very good, hardworking parents, but both were not warm and fuzzy; they didn't have it, so didn't know how to give it. We just knew they provided necessities, and at least once in our lifetime, we maybe told, more likely in a birthday card we were loved. It was just something we knew. It became clearer and spoken more often when Momma died, and certainly after Grandma did.

Let me not get too side-tracked backtracking. I digress. When love came to me 6 Christmases ago, my life began. Times became interesting, and I definitely needed a learning curve during the accompanying hard financial times and changes that came with it, but life doesn't always give us that.

So its time to see what the New Year has in store. There are great things that I know that God has for me to do and I've been doing part of it through the holidays with LOVE NOW Ministries feeding needy families and taking toys to needy kids. I love it, and count it a privilege to be able to help anyone with what God supplies through the generosity of others.

Change should never be an intimidating word, because it also means growth. I'm ready for growth. I hold tightly to people and things that are loved, but I invite growth, I have learned not to resist it, change really can be a friend. Take Care and Happy New Year!