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I think Ron is right: it's funnier to be pessimistic. Try as I may, though, I just can't be negative about the past year OR the coming year. I have a lot that happened in the past year for which I am thankful:

• Nase was healed. Previously, she was taking a handful of medications to treat fibromyalgia. She went to the Walk to Emmaus in Wrightwood and God just healed her. Recently, she cut back to about 5% of the medication she was previously taking, leaving NO pain medication and NO antidepressants. She still has occasional pain, but she's learning what not to do and how to work around it, and she's 1000% better for it.
• The rest of my family has continued to enjoy good health and good spirits. Andrew and Ilyana are about all we could have ever asked for (and everything we could ever handle!) and I'm as healthy as ever. (Well, mostly; excuse me as I go get my anti-carpal tunnel syndrome gloves...)
• We sold our house in Michigan, only one year after putting it on the market. "only" is not sarcastic, as we entered a "buyer's market" where nothing was selling. At the end, we got our asking price with VERY favorable terms.
• We were able to buy a new house. I don't think I've bragged enough about this, but I'll leave that for later. Suffice it to say that, at 27 years old, we basically have our dream house in a perfect neighborhood with wonderful schools, quiet neighbors, and lots of mountains.
• My job is great. While I didn't do all of the things I set out to do around 1/1/2002 WRT work, it was still a very good year. Not to mention my wonderful business that I own with two of the neatest guys around. Lots of good stuff in 2002 for work ventures...

Without trying to sound too clichéd: God is good, all the time. We haven't won the lottery yet, work and family still introduce interesting challenges... but all in all, it's been the best year yet. Stay tuned for my 2003 post.