Today is December 31st 2011, and as I look ahead, I'm happy for what 2012 will bring. But, as  I look back on 2011, for the first time in decades I'm weeping with joy at what it brought me too!1-It was my first full year without portable oxygen- none at all!2-This year, I've NOT felt the indescribable hurts that I usually experienced. These things I was only able to describe to my God.3-It's the only year I can recall in my adult life where I was not hospitalized for one thing or another!4-my ONLY big challenge was going back to work after surgeries and rehab that lasted two years, to a nice job by the way! With really nice people! THAT WAS IT!5-it is my first full year of enjoying a time of good health and having fun with my best friend and husband, Aniekan.So, as I bid farewell to 2011, I'm not sad and I'm not just hoping that tomorrow life will be better. Life IS better for me, TODAY!  And I am so grateful! I'm so glad!   My wish for you is that if 2011 was not your year, that you will find your better "today" in 2012! For some of you, depending on where you are, 2012 is already here!  I love you ALL! Happy New Year!