2013....what a terrible year.

This year has been an awful year for me and my family.  2013 has been a year filled with bereavement, fire, a car accident, financial struggles and illness and injuries plus general difficulties of life.

With all of the difficulties that we have faced and had to overcome I cannot wait to see the back of 2013 and welcome 2014 with the hope of having a better year in 2014.  I also hope that what remains of 2013 will end on a high and that we experience good times and that the negative, bad times have come to an end so that we can enjoy Christmas 2013 in good spirits.

Even though the depressive, negative side of me struggles to overlook the dark times we have had I do realise that we have overcome the bad times and come out the other side stronger.

I also realise that compared to other people in the World we are very lucky and the circumstances that we have had to deal with pale in comparison to the terrible tragedies that others face.

In an attempt to overcome my negative ways I am trying to focus on the positives and look forward to a happy, fun filled Christmas with my lovely family.