New Beginnings.

Yes. A new look, even a new "Blog Description". This is not "just because", but this is very much because tomorrow, January 1st 2010, marks a new turning point in my life. I can feel it. This is going to be a successful year because I am DECIDING it will be. This is about choices, this is about following my heart, this is about taking chances (what do ya say to them anyway? -- Thanks Celine...), this is about New Beginnings.

It was a crazy year. My Grandma died, I experienced a real heart ache or 2, I toured Scandanavia and was able to meet some of the most amazing people I have ever met who will forever have a stamp on my heart, I shared the Gospel through music on that same tour, I taught some kids how to sing and dance and put their hearts into it, I had a new niece and a new nephew born, I learned a hard lesson of the importance of taking chances; be careful, that chance might not be there if you wait to long, I got to sing "Aint It Good" every night for 3 weeks at the top of my lungs... nothing feels better than that, I experienced a real hope for something special but then an even more amazing experience happened when that hope was not what it was hoped to be. And now, I am home, experiencing the ups and downs and all arounds of my year as I reminisce about the good and the hard. I refuse to say "bad"... nothing is ever bad. Perhaps just hard.

I am excited for a New Me. I am excited for big things coming my way. I am excited to continue to become who I want to be someday. She is great... and so am I, but when I become the "she" I want to be, I will be larger than life (not literally, because, of course, one of my new years resolutions is to lose that stupid stupid weight that comes from hard experiences) and I will wear a smile and a really cute cardigan which I just purchased from Anthropologie and I will greet everyday with a smile. A lot is in store for this next semester... Directing a show, originating a role, teaching voice lessons, filling out and turning in some special papers for a special 18 month period, and many more crazy new opportunities that I am sure will come my way

Join me on the journey that is 2010. I would post my new years resolutions, but this year, I want them to be private and for just me.

Me.