Dear 2009

You were somethin' else. More than I bargained for I would say. And the measure I feel I must strive to meet from here on out. Expectations were exceeded in so many ways that as awesome as a year it was I fear 10 will, without question, be a disappointment. I can wrap you up in its own little box with beautiful paper and ribbons so I know you stand apart from everything else. I can put you on display and stare at you when I feel I am falling behind or standing still. But I'm not going to do that.
No? No.
You were fascinating, enduring, enchanting, and precious...but you're over. So I'm not going to hold on to you as if you, or something similar to you, will come back to me. Nor am I going to beat everything else over the head with you; I will not forget or leave you behind, but I WILL expect similar but different blessings and discoveries with each year that passes. So 9, you are sacred and I may miss you at times, but you are not the best to come.



"There are better things ahead than any we leave behind." - C. S. Lewis