New Years Resolutions

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I don't normally make New Years resolutions. I can do something good for myself or my family and I don't need to wait until January to make it happen.

This week, I made a list of resolutions, about a half dozen of the usual things, blah, blah, blah, and who cares. I won't bore you with the details.

I want to share just one:

I will continue my journey to better health and wellness so that in the year 2013 I can become a living kidney donor.

I'm doing this in honor of my mom, and others like her.

My mom was born with kidney disease. She had one kidney removed in her late teens and is currently living with one kidney functioning at 30%. She believes she can live out the remainder of her life with what she has, and hopes to avoid dialysis if possible.

My mom is my hero.

Seriously.

My mom is strong, she can run circles around me and I'm supposed to be the young, healthy one.

She has dedicated more than 20 years to taking care of retired, ill or elderly horses. With her, they have a place to live their end days with love, comfort and dignity. Every day she works HARD taking care of her horses, she currently has four.

I may not be able to donate to my mom, but in her honor, I can still share. And, I will. That is my most important resolution for the new year.

A Challenge By Pastor Ryan: Random Sevens

I've been following Pastor Ryan's website for some time now. I've not actually met him in real life, for he's far, far away from where I live. His awesome-possum website is here: Pastor Ryan

His challenge:
"If you’re up for it, post a random sevens post on your own blog"

Ok, I can do that.

I don't normally make New Years resolutions, because if I do, then, uh... I have to be responsible for them.

I wrote down about 15 different things I could do in 2010, I'll share 7 of them with you. In 2010, I will:

1) Stop abusing the garbage disposal in the kitchen sink
2) Hike more
3) Drink less cola-cola
4) Adopt a kitten
5) Create $ income $
6) Eat more fruits & veggies
7) Read all of James Michener's fictional books

PS - I've put "Food, Inc" in my Netflix cue.