The last minutes of the passing year. It has been a long year for some of us. One of growth and inner peace. For others it has brought hardship and devastation. No matter what the year has held for you, there is always hope for the New Year ahead of us.

In our reflections we will see things that we could have done differently. Choices we should have made without emotion. These are just areas to which we have learned from.

As adoptive parents this may have been one of the most wonderful years of our lives. When we have become parents or added a treasured child to our already existing family.

Some of us are waiting for this year to close so that we can get on with a pending adoption. We know that the year 2007 will hold many new and exciting things for us.

As you reflect on the year behind us, remember to pray for our soldiers and their families. It has been along year for them I am sure. Life is never the same in times of war. As we sit here at home in our safe lives we hardly realize that a war is going on to help us keep that freedom.

Today we will decide on what we will change in the new year and many of us will take a personal inventory of our life. Then we will make a New Years Resolution. Then as we celebrate the close and the end of 2006 we will kiss and hug our families and pray that the year ahead of us will bring us happiness and more love.

A time for sadness, A time for memorial treasures. A time for reflection and a time for prayer. However you choose to spend your New Year's Eve, we wish you happiness and good health in the year to come. Be safe and enjoy the celebration.