Long time

I have not written here in so long. It's a week to Christmas, and once again, a lot of changes have happened in my life. I'm finishing the first semester back at school, and I hope to graduate in spring 2013. I am engaged now, and planning to marry in March. Not sure if I'll write again before the wedding.

So many things have happened. I am a student, a father, and once again soon, a husband. Not a bad place to be. I started this blog as a cathartic exercise to get my thoughts out after some fairly traumatic things happened to me, but my life has changed so much since I started writing this blog. I am endowed now at my church, which itself is a long time in coming. I have someone that I love very much. My children are with me frequently. So many things that didn't happen are happening now. The part of my life that was so difficult now actually seems far away. I don't like looking in the rear-view mirror. Yet if I don't, perhaps I'll never learn from the past, and the past mistakes I made. Those mistakes are never really far from me. They keep me honest and teach me never to take life for granted.

My life is not perfect; it probably never will and never should be. I should always be striving for the best no matter what. One moment of triumph should be spent seeking out the next, for I never should be satisfied. I also know that life and good times can be fleeting; for me not to cherish the good times and remember them would be foolhardy.

I am blessed, though, to be where I am, and it is the product of many people and not just one man. It is through my faith as well that I believe these things have happened to me. Without getting overt, without Heavenly Father very little of my good fortune is possible; He is also prompting me to never rest on that and to always move forward.

With that, I'll simply close by saying thank you to all who have made this possible and for making me the man that I am. I truly am blessed.