Today is New Year’s Eve, and it’s the end of another calendar year and the start of a new one. I have been thinking a lot about all the events that transpired over the last year, thinking to myself and wondering if there is something magical in the changing of the year.

At midnight tonight the numbers of the year will change from 2014 to 2015. Thinking about this had me thinking about all the changing numbers in our lives….and wondering if we can find magic there as well….

We can find so many reasons to celebrate and often those “celebrations” can be the very things that sabotage us. All the food the drink the sweets oh my!!! I find that it’s easy to lose the magic amidst the buffet tables of chocolate covered everything, roasted, toasted, glazed and sugared where even the sweet potatoes are candied.

You vow to just enjoy a bite OK maybe two and raise a glass to toast the season, and then you find yourself amidst the crowd being offered this and that and handed beverage after beverage and you really aren’t eating so much as grazing among the sugar plum fairies that dance in your head.

Before you know it someone has passed Uncle Joe and/or Aunt May just one too many beverages and you are now caught in the center of the next family drama. Your friend spilled wine on your new couch and your niece is making out with the neighbor in the basement. {{Scandal!}}

The magic of the “New Year” has lost its shine. The high of the Winter Season’s festivities has crash landed into a New Year. That slate wiped clean….or rather the sparkle and glitter have flaked away leaving behind a pounding head, a bloated belly and the weak resolutions to “eat better” and get thee to the gym!

So my friends I ask you how do you spend your New Year’s Eve? Do you set it up and time it out perfectly with the ball dropping in Times Square or some other place on the planet? Do you plan an elaborate party or plan to attend one? Do you snuggle up with your loves and quietly celebrate??

No matter how you choose to celebrate, think of all the times the numbers in your life that change, not just from year to year but each number on the scale, each birthday, and anniversary, each day, hour, minute and second that provides us yet another opportunity to celebrate life!!

Forget the family drama and the scandals navigate the buffet tables and beverage bars with mindful thoughts of celebration knowing that today is not the last time you will celebrate. Your head and belly will thank you in the morning and if you’re lucky you might just find that the sparkle, glitter and magic remain in your life and your resolutions are more of a commitment to yourself. To be happy and healthy and to celebrate life all through the year!!

Edited December 31, 201411 yr by lisacaron

Told my gentleman friend earlier today that this New Year's Eve will be very different than years past. I always felt down as another year came to a close but this time, I am so looking forward to 2015 with joy and anticipation and that makes all the difference.

This time last year, I was recovering still from the hip surgery and had been through another health issue that took up alot of my time for the first three months of 2014. All these things are hopefully in the past and there are currently no health issues in my life that will require yet another surgery.

So, I have my trip to China likely in the fall. My grandson arrives in April and my oldest boy and I are getting along much better which means I spend time with his family again....most importantly, I will get to see my granddaughter a couple of times this year. She plays travel softball and is very good. So much so that she might be scholarship caliber as her mother was. I just enjoy watching her play.

2015 will be a good year and for that, I'm so very grateful. Happy New Year to my BP friends!