![\"Sharon](\"http:\/\/www.oneshoediaries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/n1069853390_270277_8072-300x225.jpg\" "\\"n1069853390_270277_8072\\"")
Sharon and I out on New's Years Eve having a great time with all our friends. It felt great to get out and celebrate 2008 being part of the past and aew better year starting!<\/p><\/div>It has been a bit since I last blogged. Traveling through the holidays to Ohio and Maryland really was chaotic! I had a wonderful time visiting everyone. I actually had a lot of stories to write about but let them slip out of my head. Probably left them somewhere with all the keys I lost on the trip.<\/p>\n
I am in the mood to look back on the past year and I must say, 2008 will go down as one of the most tumultuous years of my life. It was an emotional and financial struggle that I thought would be the death of me. It was full of extreme highs and extreme lows. So many life-altering events,ot only for us, but for so many of our friends. We watched so many people struggle through. It was an awful year when I look back on it, however I wouldot erase it if I had the chance. I would change events, butot erase them. It left me with the unanswered question of “why?” 2008 shook the foundation of my soul. Being blessed with the joy of having a baby, to having it taken away will haunt me forever. I don’t think I will ever shake the feeling of being cheated somehow.<\/p>\n
One bright spot was that 2008 was a breakout year for my One Shoe Diaries project, it got so much media attention and it brought us a lot of pride and connected us with so many people we would haveever met. We are still desperate to find a publisher, but if we don’t it willot be the end of the world. We are still proud of the project.<\/p>\n
So here is to 2009 ushering in aew season of prosperity and good fortune to everyone! May the world actually be a better place this timeext year!! Happy New Year to all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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