I’ll just say it: this year sucked for me. But… rather than focus on the bad (which is unfortunately tempting), here are the positives for this year.

• God’s presence in my life.
• Having Jon in my life
• My kitties
• Tying quilts with WELCA’s in Montana and Minnesota and the fellowship I gained from that
• Pontooning with my WELCA in Minnesota
• Blogathon 2005
• Recovering so quickly from surgery
• Montana — it’s just a good thing this year
• Thanksgiving with family
• Christmas with family
• Getting to hang out with Melissa while I was in Washington
• Time with my mommy (and other family) while I was in Washington
• Baking bread with Benjamin and Nathaniel while I was in Washington
• Psych-testing in Minneapolis
• Getting my driver’s license… twice
• The support I got after the journal fiasco
• Being able to get the domain name I wanted
• The amazing friendships I’ve made this year on and offline
• Beating the self-injury thing. (It’s been 6 months. This is good, OK?)
• The kids at all 5 churches I’ve been part of this year
• Baking with Ca, Ke, and Ka for the open house
• People in Minnesota who loved me through all the yuckiness
• Jon getting through the call process in only 2 weeks
• Having family only an hour and a half away
• Being on meds that actually keep me stable