Although I will say that looking backward is so much easier than looking forward. Especially when you're old, like me. (Now is when you're supposed to protest that I'm not that old, or at least that I don't LOOK it.)
As I'm now approaching my 2nd blogaversary, it is fun to be revisiting things I've done from last year, creating bloggy "traditions," as it were. So obviously I had to do this, the SECOND annual Year in Blog wrap-up for The Squashed Bologna, 2011 edition.
This year there seem to be a gazillion people doing wrap-up linkys on their blogs, and I'm probably going to link this up with about half of them. So if you've come over from one and you're new here: Hello, nice to meet you! Pull up a chair and stay a while, have a nice meander through my blog. I'd love to offer you a cup of tea, but that would fry your motherboard.
And if you're an old blog-friend (I mean long-time, I'm not calling you old, really) maybe you missed one of these. If not, go visit an old favorite, or just say "Hi and Happy New Year." Whatever!
So, without further ado, some posts I'm fond of from 2011:
January: O is for Oxygen {All about my sons' early language development, or lack thereof.}
February: In my Grandmother's House {My first memoir post - and it's a doozy - about some strange goings-on at Grandma Dunia's.}
March: The Last Room {Standing in the room my father spent the very end of his life in, remembering.}
April: B is for Best Friend {About Jacob's lack of, and desire for a real friend, and one day in the playground when a kind boy played with him.}
May: Thoughts on my son's getting older and getting stranger {What it is: Jacob is still autistic.}
June: H is for Holding Hands {A small, quiet, tender moment with my elderly, widowed mother.}
July: Breakers {At the beach with my sons, remembering summers past, reveling in the ocean.}
August: Missing my Father {His absence as a presence in my life that comes and goes, sometimes more acutely than others.}
September: Choosing kindness {Choosing kindness when it would be so easy to be harsh; both with my children and with myself.}
October: Blink {Watching a baby while sitting with my sons, remembering, and observing how quickly the time goes, trying to be mindful and appreciative.}
November: What remains possible {Another dispatch from the trenches of a hard day of special needs parenting.}
December: Skipping Maybe not my objective "best" but a fun and funny little post, because I am getting tired of the heavy, and I reveal my sci-fi geek self therein. Enjoy!}
and on to 2012 we go....
So, as to the "looking forward" part? I really have no idea what 2012 will bring. More challenges, for sure. But also, hopefully, opportunities. Growth and bounding forward for my sons. Maybe even a bit of maturity (for me, I mean; my sons will certainly be doing some maturing).
I know one thing I am certain of in 2012 is that it will bring new connections and strengthen old. What I never imagined when I began this little blog nearly two years ago was how it would expand my life. I never foresaw the amazing community of (mostly women, mostly mom) bloggers that I would become a part of, and who would become such a vital part of my life in such a short expanse of time.
If 2011 has taught me anything it's how vital community is, both local IRL, and virtual on the interwebs. And I am grateful, grateful, grateful for the overflowing support and friendship therein.
And so I wish you all the happiest of New Years, and a 2012 that is wonderful and bountiful, exceeding your wildest dreams.
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