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Happy 2010! 

Every year, as the ball drops it's way down to a new year, people all over the world recognize the passing of another year, and celebrate the coming of a new start. This year was no different. 2009 has represented a challenging year for some, and a year of change for others. Personally, 2009 was the most dramatic year I have ever experienced. It began with a new niece, springing into our family with joy. The month of May brought 4 babies into my best friends' families: a set of bouncy twin girls, a sweet water-birth baby, and an adopted treasure from Ethiopia. June swept me off to Europe, and the greatest adventure of my life: traversing 12 countries in 30 days. (Click here to read about my 2009 Europe trip) July said goodbye to a dear friend getting married, and August brought me the greatest surprise of all: my soon-to-be-husband. October was goodbye to my brother, sister-in-law, and precious niece, as France called them away. Finally, December, the most dramatic of all, started with a proposal, and then saw me through a whirlwind 3,000-mile journey via relatives in Illinois, a fabulous passage through Canada, my new in-laws in New Hampshire, a snowstorm in Pennsylvania, and Christmas in Illinois. 2009 took me on a journey I never believed was possible at the starting line. I wonder: What will 2010 bring?