Thursday, December 15, 2011

What I Didn't Expect...

2011 gave me plenty of things I didn't expect....let's look at the list.

1 - a stroke caused by something rare and usually fatal - a ruptured brain aneurysm.
2 - brain surgery
3 - surviving and thriving after brain surgery.
4 - a broken heart when my ex-fiance told me he found someone else.
5 - a best friend who is more supportive and wonderful to me than all of my other best friends over the course of my lifetime. Who would have thought that I could ever grow so close with a former student of mine?
6 - Falling head-over-heels for someone from another country, only to have that ripped away from me through his heartless act in September.
7 - A good friendship with someone I met though an online dating site. We keep in touch daily and have just really become two "old friends" very quickly.
8 - Volunteering at an HIV-AIDS center
9 - Making a plan to return to work soon.
10 - After my stroke, being abandoned by friends I  never thought would throw me away. 


It's been a rough year, to say that least, but the highs were REALLY high. I'm hoping 2012 brings more good than bad.

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