As today is the last day of 2012, I'm looking back on the year with more than my usual reflection. I'm actually a bit sad to see this year go. It's been a year of tremendous growth for me, of following some dreams, and of beginning to heal some things that have long been locked up inside me for too long. Early this year I wrote that the word "Compassion" would be my word for the year. It was a word that kept coming up in my mind as we began 2012, and indeed as I reflect it has been a most fitting word for this year. I began the year feeling compassion for my hard-working husband George and my teen-aged children, which I wrote about here . We have all felt much compassion throughout 2012, I imagine. Compassion for those who suffered in storms like Hurricane Sandy. Compassion for the victims and survivors of some of the terrible shootings the United States has seen this year--Durango, Portland and of course Newtown, Connecticut--to name just a few and t...
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