A Happy New Year

I would like to wish everyone a Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Every year is filled with ups and downs and I have had my fair share this year.  There is, of course, much more difficulty ahead for me this year but there is also plenty of joy and fun to be had.  It is the prospect of these rays of light which fill my heart with hope and with the knowledge that I can keep moving forward in the bosom of my family and friendships.

The support that Kitten and I have received this year has been overwhelming and when you are on the receiving end of such generosity it reasserts the faith that you have in the underlying good qualities of human nature.

It is clear from the number of people who read my blog on a regular basis that this generosity extends well beyond people that I know in a physical sense and that it extends to people who only know me by my words out there in cyberspace.  I feel that this is a great comment in itself.

Yesterday was a tough day for me and I believe that it stemmed from the difficult journey that I had home from hospital on Thursday night.  After I returned from hospital in the early afternoon  yesterday I spent the rest of the afternoon in bed.

Notoplip, Sushi and children put in an appearance for a couple of hours in the early evening and I rose from my slumber to enjoy the occasion with them.  After that it was back to bed but I am very pleased that Kitten woke the children and me up to see the new year in.

We watched the fireworks on BBC and a bit of Jools Holland before retiring at 1am and I am really happy that I made the effort for Kitten's sake.  The children sat there munching on their little treats and there was the usual family silliness.  Moments like that give her a sense of family through the never ending drudge of caring for me.

I will write separately on Kitten soon because she has been immense over the last few months and deserves special praise.

For now though, I just want to reiterate my very best to everyone for the new year.  May 2011 by a great year for everyone.