My New Year Wish for You...

My Happy New Year wish for you
Is for your best year yet,
A year where life is peaceful,
And what you want, you get.

A year in which you cherish
The past year’s memories,
And live your life each new day,
Full of bright expectancies.

I wish for you a holiday
With happiness galore;
And when it’s done, I wish you
Happy New Year, and many more.

By Joanna Fuchs
To all my friends around the world have a very happy and healthy New Year 2014. May all your wishes and dreams come true!

Wishing you...

...health and happiness for this new year 2013.
May it be filled with kindness, love, and joy and

may all your dreams come true.

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New Year’s Reflections

Looking back on the months gone by,
As a new year starts and an old one ends,
We contemplate what brought us joy,
And we think of our loved ones and our friends.

Recalling all the happy times,
Remembering how they enriched our lives,
We reflect upon who really counts,
As the fresh and bright new year arrives.

And when I ponder those who do,
I immediately think of you.

Thanks for being one of the reasons I'll have a Happy New Year!

By Joanna Fuchs * * * Brrrr, it's cold and snowy outside. Warming up with a cup of ginger root tea. Hoping Spring will come early this year:) * * * Books I am reading right now: "The beautiful things that heaven bears" and "How to read the air" by Dinaw Mengestu and "A hundred flowers" by Gail Tsukiyama. You'll never find me without a book. * * * Blog I like "Der Elfenrosengarten" by Urte. * * * Have a great start of the week, month, and year. See you!

Good-Bye 2011 - Hello 2012!

Downtown Lafayette

Tippecanoe County Courthouse

I’m writing this in a state of shock,
Watching the clock—tick tock, tick tock,
Advancing, approaching, relentlessly,
A brand new year; Oh, can it be?

The calendar says the same thing, too;
Time races, vanishes for me; Boo hoo!
No, wait! If time flies, I’m having fun!
A year of fun! It’s gone! It’s done!

I now embrace the blur of time,
Because it simply means that I’m
Too busy with pleasure, joy, delight
To mourn the passing days’ swift flight.

So I’m wishing you fast, happy days,
Pleasuring you in myriad ways,
Filled with happiness and cheer,
Oh Happy, Happy Bright New Year!

By Joanna Fuchs

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WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR 2012!

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Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

(Einstein)