1942...

Well, it's been a while blog world...but here I am, ready to pour it out!

I sit here on the eve of Christmas eve and just have a ton of different things going on in my head. I think back a year ago to what I was preparing for...I was getting ready to leave for South Africa and the emotions that were going through me were some that I miss. So much has happened in the past year. I can honestly say my life has been changed in many different ways by many different things. I also can't believe that in just several short months (5.5ish to be exact) I will be marrying the man of my dreams. I love reminiscing about my time in SA and have been doing so lately, and yes, it usually makes me cry. My heart misses SA and the people who I have the honor to have in my life.

As I sat around today with my Dad's side of the family, doing the Christmas thing, tears were brought to my eyes as I sat and watching my Oma (grandmother) struggle trying to remember where she was, who we are, and what year it was. When asked what year it was, she responded quickly, "1942." She is living in a time of her life where she had no worries..she go to travel this world with the love of her life...and as she comes to the end of this life here on earth, she is going on great adventures with her love....how can I be sad about that? I can only pray that when I grow old with Ben...and I'm asked what year it is, I will boldly say "2012!" because this is when I get to start my great adventure with my love.

I realize this is a lot of rambling...but it needed to happen.

A year later...an amazing year... a life changing year.

Excited to see what 2012 brings!

Merry Christmas, friends!