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 in love with someone from another country, only to have that ripped away from me through his heartless act in September.
7 - A good friendship with someone who'd like to date me and I'd like to date, but the timing is just not right. He doesn't fear my stroke, even though his wife died from one in 2007.
8 - Finding a boyfriend in late November - early December.
9 - Volunteering at an HIV-AIDS center
10 - Making a plan to return to work soon.
11 - Becoming friends with the guy who ripped my heart out of my chest in Sept.


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.