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Funny how things remain mostly the same in the new year. Mostly in the good way. The familiarity of people and things and then little promises made to each other and more importantly, to oneself. The deep shriek inside when the reading on the weighing scale seems to be the biggest change around, followed by the promise to get back at it. The promise to save more yet at the same time dream of adding a little something to the home. The thanks for such loving parents. The prayer that they may be happy and healthy in the new year. The excitement over watching your child grow, the ache over thinking that he might be so grown by the end of this new year. The prayer for more intellectual stimulation and inner contentment.

So much of the same and yet the positive hope for changes.

Happy 2009!