Happy 2014!

Happy New Year! Another year has come and gone -- another year of good things, bad things and those things in between. Another year filled with joy and sorrow, laughter and tears, moments of greatness and moments perhaps better forgotten. Another year filled with days of adventure, melancholy, happiness, routine, contentment, delight and stress. Another year of hellos and of goodbyes.

            I don’t know exactly what your days were filled with last year, but I hope you smiled more than you frowned and laughed more than you cried. As we said hello to 2014, I hope you took hold of the reins with one foot in reality and the other in dreams. Whether your dreams provide hope, momentary escape from your present, or goals for your future, I hope you keep those dreams. But don’t forget your reality, for our dreams cannot become reality if we’re not also rooted in it.

            What are you looking forward to this year? Do you already have travels set and adventures planned? Are you graduating, switching schools or returning to school? Are you getting married? Are you moving? Whatever this year brings you, please have a safe, healthy and wonderful year. Blessings and happiness to you all! --Lisa “Rutabaga”