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I sat down to make a list of some of the good parts of 2007. When I started making the list, I thought I'd just have a few, but as I started writing I realized that there were so many that I just had to cut it off! There are many other things that I'm sure I'd include if I had more time, but I just wanted to get this out there while it was still fresh in my mind. So here it is, a list of my favorite moments--big and small--of 2007.

* Leaping into the new year (literally) with Shea and my cousin Megan, and having Megan spend a whole week with me.

* Going back to school. I am still deciding on what to do afterwards, but for now I’m just enjoying being able to read and write and do research and come up with analogies and arguments and defend them. And in each semester that I’ve been back, one of my teachers has taken a paper I’ve done and passed it out to all the other students as an example for them to follow. Hooray! (and sorry for the bragging)

* Having a dream about my grandpa (he died when I was 10). I walked through a door into a room and he walked in through another door. It took him a while to recognize me, but when he did, he got the biggest smile on his face and said, “I haven’t seen you in a long time!” I got to hug him, and I can honestly say that I have never in my life felt such amazing pure joy—awake or asleep—as I did in that dream. The dream was a few months ago and even now when I remember it, I just feel a thrill.

* Getting Chibi! I saw her on Petfinder and I had this feeling like, “That’s my dog!” Shea and I went to a meet and greet to visit her (her name was Patti then) and she let me pick her up right away (those of you who have met her will understand that this is no small thing). She let me pass her over to Shea, too. It was like she just knew that she was going to be our dog.

* Having my mom and my aunt Carol (her twin) come visit me for a few days. They still talk about the dinner Shea made for them--it was really good!

* Learning to ride a bike! My sweet boyfriend got me the most awesome pink bike and he was so helpful to me when I was learning to ride. It was such an amazing feeling when I finally got going and realized, “Hey, I’m riding!” In a way, I feel kind of lucky to have learned as an adult, because it seemed totally magical to me and I’m not sure would have appreciated that feeling as much if I were a kid.

* Visiting Hamilton Pool with Natalie, walking along the back of the grotto and getting to a part where we had to walk between giant boulders and the wall of a cave. It was just big enough to squeeze through, and we both sort of ran through there, giggling and squealing the whole way. I felt like a little kid again. Then spending the afternoon chatting and drying off in the sun.

* Spending time with my aunt Becky when she was in town. We went out to lunch and then shopping. She is just such a neat person and I’ve never really spent any one-on-one time with her before.

* My uncle making it through a big, scary surgery, and getting to the point where you would never have guessed that he had open-heart surgery just a few months ago.

* Going to Dunkin Donuts in the middle of the night with Megan, chatting for a long time about boys and what have you (like the old days!). Bonus points because when we arrived, the entire place was filled with cops. I was so sad that I left my camera at home!

* Getting to be involved in my sister’s engagement! I am so happy that she and Paul are getting married. They are a great couple and I can’t wait for Paul to be my brother-in-law!

* Having a lovely Christmas where I got to reconnect with my family, talk to people I haven’t talked to in forever (and some that honestly, I never really talked to because I was a kid).

xoxo,
sarah