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The Best and Worst of 2012

This year has been a really tough year for me. I grew, (emotionally, not physically :D) and I went through lots of hard things. But a lot of good things happened too.

So, not in any particular order, the good things that happened in 2012.

  • We went to Disney World with some of our cousins.
  • I got my braces off after almost three years.
  • I got my driving permit.
  • I turned 16.
  • I started my blog.
  • I went on my Outward Bound course.
  • Our new soaproom was built.
  • I wrote 150 blog posts.
  • They started building our new house in Scottsburg.
  • We went out to California to film The Doctors interview.
  • The Doctors aired, and we didn’t stop working for the next 6 weeks.
  • We had an awesome Christmas, getting up at 4 in the morning to surprise our cousins.
  • I made new friends.
  • We had 36 baby goats born – our most ever!
  • We got two Great Pyrenees puppies!
  • We went swimming a lot this summer.
  • My siblings and I started taking a dance class (that we love), at the YMCA

 

And now the “bad”. Except none of this was really bad. I mean, it was bad. But the Bible says:

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.     …………                                                                                                             -Romans 8:28, NIV

So all of this stuff happened for a reason. And all of it was good for me, even if I can’t see how it was good for me.

  • A tornado came and destroyed Henryville, Marysville, and many other towns around mine. It turned my friends’ house into a hole in the ground, and a lady we know lost her legs. It was a really hard time for me – I had nightmares for weeks afterwards.
  • My little brother Fletcher broke his leg. That was annoying.
  • We started commuting. 25 minutes every morning and evening, with my siblings and two large dogs. It has been… interesting.
  • Hm… I remember thinking that there were more. Oh well!

 

This list doesn’t even cover half of the things that happened this year. But these are the ones I could think of, so they are the ones that made it onto the list. 🙂

Happy New Year, everyone!

 

 

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