2012.

Thinking back on the past year, I believe it was incredibly apt that 2012 was supposed to be the year that the world ended. Although taken quite literally and out of context (but you better believe I was looking out my window for those zombies!), in a lot of ways the world as I knew it did end in 2012. I am very much entering 2013 a new person, leaving behind who I was in 2012 and before as a person I don't recognize much.

Entering into 2012, I was a woman who thought she knew who she was and what she wanted. I had the "right" girlfriend, the "right" job, the "right" outlook on life... and leaving 2012 I realize just how wrong I was.

I've cheated, I've lied, I've had all the wrong priorities... and, even worse, I thought that they were all the right ones.

Sitting here at the computer, eating one of my sister's amazing cheesecake brownies and drinking some chai tea (from the new Hawks mug Britt got me!) while the snow falls, I am so much more at peace than I ever have been. Sure, I still worry about money, being a good enough parent, etc., but I am happy knowing that my life is once again moving forward.

Instead of making resolutions, we made a bucket list of things we'd like to do, see, achieve and ways we'd like to grow in 2013. It's gonna be a great year, I can feel it...