end of year resolutions

i didn't make any new year's resolutions for 2011. if i did, i can't remember.  it has a been a whirlwind of a year...full of emotions, highs and lows, ends and beginnings.  last year, around this time we hit some major lows as a family...both cars had broke down and were not repairable, mike was still hoping to land a job, the winter weather was bad.  i was having a hard time believing that things would turn around.  i am a person that can hold things together, believe that it will all work out.  however, i had been holding together since being surprised with a pregnancy in 2008...you know, 2008 when the whole economy took a shit.  mike and i are very capable people.  mike has an mba. the economy still did a number on us. 
we took many gambles.  we expanded clementine's.  it didn't work to our hopes, but it still took guts and sometimes a little taste of courage is all you need to take charge.  mike, thankfully, ended up finding the job of his dreams.  the job couldn't be a better fit for him...he truly loves his job.  the company is lucky to have someone so passionate and knowledgeable on their team.  the soybean and corn crops did well. really well.  the co-op gave us a christmas ham.  mike's company gave us some steaks, a bonus, and threw one heck of a holiday dinner.  we are so far from the place we were last christmas.  everything didn't work out the way we thought, there certainly were bumps in the road...but in the end this is where we are supposed to be.  we are doing the best we have ever done as a family. 
so as the end of year approaches, i resolve to enjoy it.  to keep it simple.  to be grateful.  to show compassion.  to remember.  to revel in the magic of it all.