About this time of year, I start reflecting back a little to see how well up I’ve kept up with my resolutions for this year. I was late and it took a little longer for me to jot down the resolutions for 2025.
I was hoping 2025 would be a good year for us, maybe a lot better than 2024 ended and that I and our family would go through it without some of the challenges we faced, especially over the past several weeks in December of last year.
Parts of this past year were much harder than in some previous years, but we did try and deal with the difficulties through prayer and working together through them.
At the time for making resolutions in late 2024 to be honest, I hadn’t thought a lot about 2025. My mind had been so focused primarily on one thing that I hadn’t looked that far forward to 2025.
My first and foremost resolution for 2025, and if needed years after that, would be to pray daily and often to God that our daughter Meghan might beat the incurable cancer she was diagnosed with in mid-December last year. My wife, I and countless others were praying for her.
We knew it would take a miracle but I had to put trust and faith in the Lord that there was a chance for that miracle to occur. That is most important to pray for it daily and that wouldn’t be hard to do. That was the easy part of this was praying for it.
That one resolution overshadowed all the others. As most of know, for whatever reason, that didn’t happen.
She passed away Aug. 18. The second resolution was for me to remain strong for not only our daughter but her family, husband Terry and son Liam, and other extended family members as well. Be there as they need me always willing to help and do anything that was needed.
I did that while our daughter Meghan was alive and still do it each day. I will continue to carry that resolution into the next year.
Another of my resolutions is to get some kind of exercise daily. That is no matter what the weather might be on the outside, exercise regardless whether it’s braving the elements or doing something inside.
Haven’t done a very good of that, but will try to do better.
We had our six-year-old grandson last Christmas Eve and Christmas morning. It was such a privilege and pleasure. Getting up and down off the floor in doing things with him was fun but seemed a challenge which it shouldn’t be even at my age.
Exercising will help keeping me mentally more sharp, too, I believe, and I think right now considering the circumstances that is really important.
Eat a little healthier. Makes sense when I think about it with some of the health issues I have. I was diagnosed in May with cancer myself.
These resolutions are aimed at living a more healthy life and I think it’s time I do more of that.
Being more patient and tolerant in daily life with others, especially right now when it would be much easier to go on and not do that. Listening to others and having the willingness to hear what they are saying is so important right now.
I think I’ve done a pretty good of that, at least I’ve be made a strong effort to do so.