20 Questions for End of the Year Reflections
1. What was the single best thing that happened this past year?
We bought a house and then I fell in love with it, for this nomadic missionary kid that is quite a feat!
For the first time in three years, I actually had to think about this question because no obvious answer came to me right away. Such a beautiful miracle! I suppose the most challenging thing has been the journey of becoming certified to be foster parents. The paperwork and inspections and interviews are the EASY part. The part that I did not expect was the emotional and mental roller coaster that I would feel preparing to step into this. I am still scared silly!!
3. What was an unexpected joy this past year?
I had almost 6 months of the year where I had more "good" days than "bad" days with my health. I do not talk a lot about the chronic pain issues that I have here on the blog, but they do overshadow a lot of how I live my life, unfortunately, not by choice, so the fact that this has been the "best" year health wise in 3 years is just amazing!
4. What was an unexpected obstacle?
1) The EXTRA 3 months that it took to close on our short sale.
2) As mentioned above, the overwhelming emotions in processing what it would mean to be foster parents, to have the first children we would be "raising" for a time not be our "own."
His Relentless Pursuit
6. Pick three words your spouse would use to describe your 2012
(don’t ask them; guess based on how you think your spouse sees you).
7. Pick three words your spouse would use to describe their 2012 (again, without asking).
8. What were the best books you read this year?
9. With whom were your most valuable relationships?
10. What was your biggest personal change from January to December of this past year?
Healthier. Happier. More-like-yourself-again.
Chilled. Transforming. Revealing.
8. What were the best books you read this year?
Grace for the Good Girl is on my list again this year as I continued reading into 2012. I did quite a few fictional reviews this year, but my favorite of them all was Breath of Angel by Karen Henley.
9. With whom were your most valuable relationships?
Arno, my life-long friends {college & local}, my parents, my sister,
Blogging friends who are IRL friends, Libby and all my (in) This Season ladies
10. What was your biggest personal change from January to December of this past year?
Finding the desire and passion and drive to dream again
11. In what way(s) did you grow emotionally?
I learned that I wait TOO long before I ask for help because it is so hard for me to ask so I am SLOWLY learning NOT to do this, even with those closest to me
12. In what way(s) did you grow spiritually?
The more I learn about how and who God wired me to be, the closer I feel to Him and His heart. The more I live the life HE created me for, the more I feel alive in my purpose on this earth.
That is the lesson that has come alive for me this year.
13. In what way(s) did you grow physically?
As mentioned above, I have seen significant improvement in my chronic pain issues this year. While I am not back to my "old" self yet, I am SO VERY thankful for the healing the Lord has/continues to do in my body!
14. In what way(s) did you grow in your relationships with others?
As I am more fully embracing who I am, I am embracing that uniqueness in others around me. The past few years, GRACE has been like an anthem to me. I feel that the Lord is constantly teaching me not only to have grace for myself and my own story but for others and their journeys too.
The flexibility and the variety of working various types of jobs
Finding the balance with how to manage my time the best, especially with the health limitations
17. What was your single biggest time waster in your life this past year?
Probably TV/Internet
18. What was the best way you used your time this past year?
Taking photography classes with my sister. Connecting with ladies at (in) This Season. Taking time to write more and more strategically. Connecting with others who have like-minded hearts and passions.
19. What was biggest thing you learned this past year?
What I have learned the most goes along with my OneWord for 2012 :: Relentless. The Father has shown me that He is relentlessly pursuing my heart. He is relentless in seeing the dreams He has placed inside of me come true. He is relentless to heal me and to renew what the devil tried to steal. He is relentless so I do not always have to be. He IS on my behalf.
20. Create a phrase or statement that describes 2012 for you.
Weeping may come for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
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