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Blooie said:
After 66 years of seeing New Years come and go, I have learned one thing.......the New Year will be whatever I make it.  If I choose to make it a miserable year because a few glitches happen along the way, that's on me.  If I make the best of every glitch and move on with a smile on my face and determination the make the next day a better one, that's on me too.  So the New Year is ultimately up to me and the Good Lord.  He doesn't want it to stink, and neither do I.  So we'll do what we've done year after New Year - work together and make this one the best one ever.  
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I tend to be a negative person and I have anxiety, so it's always hard for me to see the positive in a negative situation. :( Wish I could be more like you and be more positive. :D But I can always work on that this year!
 
henny1129 said:
I tend to be a negative person and I have anxiety, so it's always hard for me to see the positive in a negative situation.
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Wish I could be more like you and be more positive.
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But I can always work on that this year!
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Well, my friend, I didn't come out of a box this way! I was pretty introverted and tended to hang a lot of crepe when none was really needed. I have to credit my granddaughters, Katie and Kendra, with the initial change in 'tude - Katie is mildly autistic and yet you can spend hours with her now and never know it, except that she still doesn't like to make eye contact and suffers from hyperaccusis. I had three other grandchildren when she came along, and I was her day-care provider from just a few weeks old. Her therapies were all done over here because of Mom and Dad's working hours, and I watched her positive attitude and "I can DO this" attitude help her blossom into a confident, happy, well-adjusted little girl and I treasure every minute with her. She's now 11 and my best buddy. Then when she was 5, her little sister was born. Kendra was born with Spina Bifida and we have the same day care and therapy schedule with her as we did with Katie.

How can I look into these faces and not see love and hope in every new day? I figure if they can work through their very real disabilities with joy in their hearts and smiles on their faces, how can I do any less with my self-imposed ones? They are responsible for the abrupt change in my entire demeanor, and I'm grateful to them every day. So I guess my theory is to find something that outweighs the negatives and then practice, practice, practice!
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Katie and Kendra at their dance recital.


Kendra just a few days out of the hospital following major excretory system rebuilding surgery.


And Kendra at the Shriner's Hospital in Salt Lake City.
 
Blooie said:
Well, my friend, I didn't come out of a box this way! I was pretty introverted and tended to hang a lot of crepe when none was really needed. I have to credit my granddaughters, Katie and Kendra, with the initial change in 'tude - Katie is mildly autistic and yet you can spend hours with her now and never know it, except that she still doesn't like to make eye contact and suffers from hyperaccusis. I had three other grandchildren when she came along, and I was her day-care provider from just a few weeks old. Her therapies were all done over here because of Mom and Dad's working hours, and I watched her positive attitude and "I can DO this" attitude help her blossom into a confident, happy, well-adjusted little girl and I treasure every minute with her. She's now 11 and my best buddy. Then when she was 5, her little sister was born. Kendra was born with Spina Bifida and we have the same day care and therapy schedule with her as we did with Katie. How can I look into these faces and not see love and hope in every new day? I figure if they can work through their very real disabilities with joy in their hearts and smiles on their faces, how can I do any less with my self-imposed ones? They are responsible for the abrupt change in my entire demeanor, and I'm grateful to them every day. So I guess my theory is to find something that outweighs the negatives and then practice, practice, practice! ;) [COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR] Katie and Kendra at their dance recital. Kendra just a few days out of the hospital following major excretory system rebuilding surgery. And Kendra at the Shriner's Hospital in Salt Lake City.
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What a wonderful way to look at things! Even if I don't know Katie and Kendra, I should learn from them just as you have! :) And I must add, you have beautiful granddaughters!
 
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