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For 2009.<\/span><\/div>\n

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This year, like all the ones before it, has been unpredictable.  I want to tell you about how I had good times and bad times, how I went to bed crying and woke up laughing, how I got so frustrated so many times that certain things were not how and where I wanted them, how I sat in my car and cried to myself, and to God, and then, wiped my tears and came inside the house with a counterfeit smile plastered on my face because I did not want mom to be worried.  I want to tell you about how I stayed financially-challenged <\/span>throughout<\/span><\/i> the entire year, but somehow, I always managed to make it by, and at the end, I even had some change.  But I won’t tell you these things.J<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Today is the 29th day of December.  In two days, the year will be over.  Still, I am expectant.  There are things I <\/span>asked<\/span><\/b><\/span> <\/span><\/b>begged<\/span><\/b><\/span> <\/span>asked<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>begged<\/span><\/i> God to do that He has not done, and since, to Him, a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day [2 Peter 3:8], I’ll keep my hands open for His blessings and favor.<\/span><\/div>\n

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As I reflect on the 116 posts I put up this year – the post you’re currently reading makes it 117 – I cannot help but reflect on the state of my mind when I put those posts up.  Here are some of them, in chronological order: I think about my post on February 2nd, the one <\/span>where I celebrated my blog’s anniversary by answering everyone’s questions<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/b>.  And I think of Valentine’s Day, a day that started out being as plain as Thursday, a day I planned on staying home and saturating my mind with Nigerian movies that test and insult my intelligence, and a day that ended up being <\/span>the best Valentine’s Day of my life<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n

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And I think about April 1st, and how I blogged about <\/span>my engagement, the one that never happened<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/b>.  I enjoyed the comments so much that I almost forgot I was not even engaged.  Sometimes, my ring finger feels empty, as if something is missing.  Strange.  How can it miss what it has never had?  And I think about May 7th, the day I blogged about <\/span>the shoes that fit<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/b>.  That was the day Mr. Shoes got his famous name.  I love the name, by the way.  <\/span><\/div>\n

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I think about <\/span>the launch of my online radio<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/b> on June 23rd, and I think about the fickleness of my voice and the anxiety of my heart, and I cannot help but smile at the overwhelming support I received that day, and all the days that have followed.  And I think about July 5th, and the emotions with which I blogged about <\/span>the home-going of Mommy Shoes (Mr. Shoes’ mom)<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/b> who left us on June 20th.  It was with sadness, reluctance, grief, anger, and an understandable but questionable sense of betrayal by God that I put that post up.  <\/span><\/div>\n

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And on October 20th, I blogged about <\/span>the 17-day fun I had with Mr. Shoes<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/b>, the private resort he took me to, the Shawarma Pita I tasted for the first time, the almost-revolting tall cup of tea he made me drink because of my cold, and my inability to pass said cold on to him (Oh, I didn’t mention this inability in that post).  And finally, on December 4th, I featured a <\/span>few generous vendors who offered some wonderful discounts on their products<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/b>.  It was my first time featuring vendors, and by God’s grace, I’ll do it again.<\/span><\/div>\n

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I apologize for the rather extensive post.  The point of it is to say <\/span>Thank You<\/span><\/i>.  <\/span>Thank You<\/span><\/b> for all your love and support, and to show my appreciation, I now present you – yes, <\/span>you<\/span><\/i><\/b>, dear reader – with this certificate of appreciation (click on certificate to magnify it).<\/span><\/div>\n

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***See you in 2010!  Happy New Year!!!***<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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