With the fireworks going off in the distance, the countdown on TV and the dogs on my lap as I snuggled with my family on the couch, I was a little overwhelmed that yet another year was ending. Time passes so quickly. I want to hit the pause button and stay on the couch forever, surrounded by my loves. Life doesn’t work that way, does it? There’s no pause, no rewind and no info guide to give you a clue as to what is coming up.

At the moment the clock struck midnight, my son played his trumpet and my husband took me into his arms for a dance. If I had the option to push pause and never move past that great moment on the couch, then I would have missed that next great moment.

There are millions of great moments ahead, but to experience the great we have to experience the not so great. You know those moments – washing dishes, laundry, illness, flat tires, broken hearts... Wrapped up in the failures, the ordinary and sometimes ugly parts of life are moments of greatness.

As this new chapter begins, I hope you find new greatness in yourself, in others and in this life you have been gifted with. May your 2019 be filled with moments of GREATNESS!!!