"Have It All" by Jeremy Kay

I need to update more often.

The most recent events have been some of the most interesting. I went down to Mobile to see my mom for Christmas. Almost everyday we went to see my Grandmuzh and Uncle Andrew, but we only go to see my cousin Bowen twice. This quickly irratated my mom. We had agreed to go open presents with our dad's family on Christmas day around two, because after present opening with our mom and Christmas lunch there wasn't much else we were going to do. When my mom found out she tried to make us go see some of her family luckily she got a headache so we didn't have too.

I met Tim, my mom's live-in boyfriend. It took me a while to accept that he hadn't wronged me, he was just in a strange circumstance and I should treat him fairly. I will say that he seems to have a lot of qualities in common with my dad except that he doesn't try to regulate her spending, mostly because there isn't much for her to spend (the Starbucks Ass. Manager doesn't get paid that well).

It was an interesting visit full of highs and lows, but I don't intend to dwell on it.

And so now its time for the traditional end of the year wrap up!

Despite all thats happened I think I can safely say that this has been the best year of my life, at least where personal growth is concerned.

I've gone through many trials and tribulations (see this and older blogs for more details), but I've managed to come out on top.

I am now more confident than ever in who I am as a person; I'm taking better care of myself physically; I'm going to school and doing well; and most of all, because of all of this, I have become more confident in myself as a person.

I'm not going to sit around and list every negative thing that has happened to me this year, because, there are too many and most of them appear somewhere in my blogs.

I will say that this is the first year I can look back on and see more good than bad.

The song for the day is "Have It All" by Jeremy Kay because "Some days I feel like crying..." and "Some days I feel like singing..."

-matt