Last year, my one and only resolution was to be nicer to people. I know that my sarcastic humor and snarky thoughts can be cutting to those uninitiated. I made my resolve to just “be nicer”. I feel like I have softened quite a bit and only cut loose with those who know and understand me.

This year I am again only making one resolution: to “be free”. I am in the middle of grad school and of course feel the pressure of that impending finalization. Joshua was diagnosed with ADD this semester and I haven’t even been able to write about my feelings of this turn of events.

“Be free”. I’m in my mid-30′s, I don’t want to look back in 10 years and wish I had done all things I said no to. As I experienced very closely this year, life is short. People disappear, people pass on.

I have been accused of being tightly wound , so this will be an exercise of the mind for sure. Yet, last year I started to be nicer to people and that worked well. I am hoping to say at the end of 2012 “I lived freely”.