January 2, 2012

Happy New Year!  The freshness of a "new beginning" is always a time of renewal of not only setting new goals, but also a time of re-dedication to what is a priority on personal levels in so many individuals lives.

This new year beginning for me personally is a time of getting back to "my normal".  We have had several months of results, early detection discovery, compatibilities, self-less gift of a kidney, surgeries, healing, continuing recoveries with prayer-answered results.  Through all of these months, I have been the care-giver.  I'm so blessed to be able to do just that and could not have imagined anyone else serving in that capacity.  BUT, it is a bit of an adjustment as the new year begins:  Jim is almost 4 months post-op his kidney transplant and continues to do very well in his progress (he begins his new position and full-time schedule this week) and our son, Matt is doing remarkably well being only almost 2-months post-op pancreatic cancer surgery (he will be returning to work as well this week)!

My resolution for 2012 is to be less intense with the "little incidences" that happen in life and continue to rely on His plan for me and those I love (as He has shown me ten-fold these especially these past several months). I have been forced in a sense, to wait on the Lord, and after all these months, I see how He always provides the needs that we have, even when I don't see it immediately, thus the waiting enters in again! My first change for the new year, is to work on getting back to a normal schedule that still surrounds my family, but not with the intensity of the past year has been.  I also want to be a better, which to me means, less of me and more of Jesus being seen in me!  I want to stretch my creative-side more this year and keep life in balance when wearing the several hats I love and continually wear!  I have realized the older I become that when I take care of myself, I am much more able to serve in more areas, which is something I have a passion to do--serving others through many avenues as well as I'm able to better myself when I take time for ME in the process of personal growth.

2011 was a year of so much good and our family knows that things could have had such a different outcome, but it is good to move on to another new year!  Our whole family has grown in our spiritual walk this past year and look forward to using this growth in our daily tasks in the months to come. 2012 has many opportunities for the Wilson Family and I look forward to all that God has in store for us.  May you obtain your resolutions with the help of your source.  I know that I will work towards my goals because my Source is the center of my existence-Jesus is Lord! 

~Tina

 "Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. ~Phil 3:12-14