At a funeral, people tend to try to recall and remember the best of the past. We try to focus on those moments which were happiest, and those which helped shape us the most. At a funeral we cry, sometimes laugh, and in general try to surround ourselves with those that loved the one we are celebrating the most. And so it should be at this time of year - 2011 has died. This year has been long. This year has been short. This year has been easy. Difficult. Angry. Joyful. Confounding. Enlightening. Hurtful. Strengthening. Most of all, it has changed us. We've made new friends, lost a few, and hopefully filled our hearts with a little more love than it had before. And so now that the year has died, let us remember the best and promise to make this next year even better.
When I am at a funeral I silently vow to remember. I vow to become someone to make my loved ones proud. For this new year, I would like to vow to you, my friends, that I will always love you. I will always, and not just on occasion such as a funeral, do my best to recall only those things about life and you that have influenced me to become a better person. I'm not saying I'll only wear rose colored glasses, but I will look upward and onward. I ask that you join me in this ideal now and make this next year the best. Make it one so that this time next year you'll have even more wonderful memories to recollect and love to share. So let's toast. Once for the joy of this past year, and another for the joy of the year to come.
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