One year ends and another begins

Yes, 2011 has less than six hours to go and a new year will begin.  Looking back on this past year I prefer to dwell on the good and lay aside the unpleasant.  We gained a family member, Oliver Roy being born in August to Mark and Julie.  We've enjoyed those three and Lily during the holidays.  Jessica will soon finish her studies at LSU and enter a seminary, the location not yet decided.

Taken as a whole we should be thankful for enjoying good health.  We've lost some friends who have gone on to the fate that all of us will face.

On the national and world scene, 2012 could be a disaster.  England is fearful of depression coming again, and we know many European countries are in dire fiscal states.  As for the United States a sentence I wrote in January of 2010 is even more accurate today. I asked,  "Can our country stand another year like 2009?  Trillions  have been misspent and  health and cap and trade are forced upon us.  Who is going to pay the huge debt we are amassing?"

I hold to a hope and belief that we can recover if we elect a president and a congress that will keep our country safe and allow private industry to grow and create jobs.  It may be too late for us if we keep the current administration.