1/1/11

Kinda says it all, huh?
Ya know, on this first day of the New Year, I've already been in deep thought. Scary thought, ain't it?

On New Year's Eve night, I went to church, as so did the other four thousand or so that showed up at the Inspiring Body of Christ. Praise, with a touch of the Word, and a whole lot of party. A friend of mine went with me and enjoyed himself too. Although we walked out of church at 1:30 this morning. Still a half hour drive to my house, and another half hour to his. We'll see if he forgives me for that!

On with my deep thought--during the Word, Pastor Rush spoke of how not to fail, and one of the steps was "Let go of the past." Easier said than done. Once I got home, I'd promised two cats they could go outside and eat grass after the New Year. So at 2:15 AM, I'm in my backyard, cold, watching cats eat grass and saying my annual New Year's Give Thanks and Ask prayer. This was about the let go of the past.

I couldn't let past experiences, more so people, especially one in particular, hinder me from moving forward. The truth really being, which is bittersweet to admit, was the person I thought of, was really in the past. I hated to know. See, as New Year's Eves passed, I would think of this man. The romantic in me, hoped after 100 years he would realize his love for me, kinda like When Harry Met Sally...On one New Year's Eve, this man wrote a poem to me. I feel in love with the man who wrote it. The problem was, this man didn't continue to be the writer of the poem.

In my real world tho, Billy Crystal won't come running up to me. Nope, in my world, the reality is I've grown to know the past was just that, yet can still be a smile of a memory. I know for him it is too. And that's enough.

1/1/11 A brand New Year. Let's get the party started!

I am blessed.

New Year's Eve is Friday in 2010

I LOVE me some "...when Harry Met Sally" and the ending
Serves up Auld Lang Syne--WHAT does it mean and LOVE
Harry and Sally realize existed between them.
*Sigh* I am a hopeless romantic
Plus an eternal optimistic-
Which bothers some folks --oh well--
As 2010 draws to a close,
I've had good last Friday of this year so far and
It's just 5:30 PM as I type this.
The New Year's Eve night has yet to commence-
I'm quite eager for it!
My hard partyin' days on NYE ended awhile ago-
The last few years, I've done church-
Which NEVER entered my mind back in the day!
Trust me tho, a few thousand of your
Closest and dearest friends-it's a par-TAY!
These past NYE's, I've enjoyed 'cause
I'm where I want to be and
Be with who I want to be with-
That's what counts....
And after I usher in 2011 and settled back in my
Cluttered and cat filled house, I'll go out to my back yard-
Gander at the sky and say my New Year's prayer
Thankful for the good and bad. I made it thru.
So tomorrow, I'll contemplate cleaning my house
As I saunter to the couch, with popcorn and cat in tow
To watch me a little football and possibly a ditty about
When a guy named Harry met a girl named Sally
With a little Auld Lang Syne to accent....
All is good.

The Final Day of 2008

...and where will you be when the final minute ticks and 2009 begins? Will you be at a party where champagne is your new best chum, until your head pounds in the morning? Will you be alone with your significant other-just the two of you, as a toast is made to your future? Or will you be by yourself, perhaps a little melancholy because you're not doing the other two things and then to watch "When Harry Met Sally" for the billionth time makes you cry instead, of your usual smile, during its New Year's scene? Or are you in the place where you should be with the folks you're suppose to be with? As folks left work today, the answer to, "Where you goin' tonight?" was the chorus of "Church." Ha! When did Church become the place to party on New Year's Eve? The chorus sings, "When you know Who gave you the breath, the power, and the light to be blessed to see another year. " And now you're headed to the Watch Night for the New Year's Eve celebration at the Potter's House -aka- Church.

Just the place you oughta be.