Goodbye 2011.

Goodbye dream house.

Goodbye to inaugural 6 months of my blog.

Goodbye unhealthy Jenny.

Goodbye diapers.

Goodbye waiting for things to just happen.

Goodbye to Rebecca’s last year of middle school.

Goodbye to another year of swimming practices and meets.

Goodbye to 23 shoes chewed up by Hank this year alone.

Goodbye to pink and blue walls in the kid’s rooms.

Goodbye to club baseball.

Goodbye to full time nursing.

Goodbye to surrounding myself with pessimism.

Goodbye to trying to please everyone other than myself.

Goodbye frumpy clothes.

Goodbye not having people over for dinner because our house is too small.

Goodbye clutter.

Goodbye fear of the unknown.

Hello 2012.

Hello being intentional.

Hello to 39 exciting items off my life list being experienced.

Hello Olympic Swimming Time Trials.

Hello New York City.

Hello to 52 different families having dinner at our house this year.

Hello to learning how to scuba dive, play the piano, and decorate cookies.

Hello to completing my 52 cupcake series.

Hello to coming up with fun dates for Jeff and I.

Hello potty training.

Hello to writing my story.

Hello organization.

Hello to being vulnerable.

Hello to more dancing with more strangers.

Hello midday picnics and breakfast foods for dinner.

Hello to saying No confidently.

Hello to moving forward despite fear or other’s approval.

Hello to feeling sexy in clothes and wearing a bikini.

Hello to being called an athlete again.

Hello 2012. I’ve been waiting for you. Let’s live it up.

I wrote this last night as my final page in my December Daily journal. I wasn’t planning on sharing it until I was sitting in church this morning and this verse flashed on the screen:

“I forget the things that are past. I try as hard as I can to reach the goal that is before me.” – Philippians 3:13

After chewing on this verse for a few minutes, the music minister closed the service with this song. This is the same song I heard moments after I found out I had cancer on the car radio. This was the same song that I heard live in concert just 2 hours after my CT scans/MRIs the following day, wondering if my cancer had spread to other organs. This was the same song I heard driving home after delivering Samantha. And again, this was the same song I heard one day after we decided to walk away from our dream home in October.

This song has been there playing during good and bad times. It speaks to a constant in my life. God is constant when I’m having good or bad events happening in my life. He is good despite my circumstances and especially when I don’t deserve it. So I didn’t believe it was a coincidence when I heard this song this morning to ring in my new year.

How Great is Our God by Chris Tomlin

Blessings for a safe and joyous New Year! – Jenny

I will be back tomorrow with a video to wrap up December Daily and a video on Tuesday to show you my Project Life 2011 album. I learned some lessons along the way that I would love to share with you and encourage you going into 2012.