December 31, 2009 11:59 PM

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!

I'm really looking forward to this year in many ways. Instead of being in passive recovery mode, I expect it to be one of active recovery mode - doing more things, getting more involved, and determining how the rest of my life will play out!

As I look back on 2009, the accomplishments were few but far from insignificant. Actually, there was really only one significant event for me - the bone marrow transplant of February 17th. So long ago and yet, at times, it seems like yesterday because it was something that I, very obviously, will never forget. But it has been followed by the ideal recovery period - far from what I expected but right on the money for what I would have ideally wanted.

It has been a year where I have seen God really at work in my life - not that I hadn't before. But I feel that my relationship is closer than it ever was before but that still doesn't make us bosom buddies yet! For 2010, I foresee that relationship translating into actions of some sort. And, with my one year being up so early in the year, I see the quest getting underway fairly soon.

to each and every one of you, I want to wish you the happiest, healthiest, and most prosperous year yet. May your plans all bear fruit and may you be a better person at the end of the year than you are now.

Remember, as I said before, the spirit of Christmas and the holidays needs to live through the entire year and not expire on Epiphany as we so often allow it to happen. As the song goes, "Let there be peace on Earth and let it begin with me."

Only a month and a half to go...

Bob