Reflecting on the Old Year as I Look Forward to the New

Celebrating 4th of July with a family parade.

It seems appropriate on the last few days of the year to take a look back and reflect on all God's gifts. No year is without its difficulties and challenges and plenty of those added to the challenges of 2015. But the joys and blessings were many as well and should not be the "good that is often interred" with the old year's bones. We do tend to remember bad news more than good don't we? Perhaps that's one of the results of fallen nature.

But here is my long list of thank yous for 2015:

1) For family and the opportunities to celebrate: