It's been a While

So it’s been a while since I posted to my blog, time seems to always get away from me as I’m sure you all feel the same. I hope everyone had a Very Merry Christmas and I pray that you all have an even Happier New Year. This is the year for change, we have the first African American President, the economy has shown us all that we need to look at what we need more then what we want and that we can help others no matter how bad things get for ourselves. Let’s remember to carry that willingness to help forward into 2009.

For me, I have been blessed. I have my health, my loving family and things overall hadn’t been that bad for me. I spend two tours in Iraq and survived it, had to have surgery on my shoulder and it turned out to be in much better shaped then the doctors thought, and my son Christopher has been the healthiest he’s been in years. One of the key things that happened this year is I started to reconnect with my daughter Nikki who I hadn’t seen since 1998. She’s in her last year of college and has grown to be a wonderful young woman. I’m hoping that as we continue to talk with each other we become closer and closer. I also started talking more with my son Adam, but us men are a little slower about forgiving but in time I hope we can connect. It’s harder to speak with him because he’s in the service and stationed in Japan with his lovely wife. Maybe when he returns to the states we can try harder to work things out.

So what’s on my list of things to do in 2009?

1) Live life a little better
2) Learn to love my wife and son better
3) Take care of myself more (Health Wise)
4) Become closer to Marque Jr., Nikki and Adam
5) Lose about 30lbs and 4 inches around the waist
6) Not work so hard, give 100% vs. 150%
7) Take my family on a vacation
8) Find Florence

I recommend you look at what you should do and this year stick to it. Anyway, I’d like to wish all of you a Happy New Year and may you all get the things you wish for.