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Mid Year Update

It is a wonder how fast those first five months have gone.  Soon, we will be celebrating Christmas. 

I keep going back to the goals I've set in the beginning of the year.  I do not even know what we will achieve by the end of the year.  Some plans didn't work out.  Some days, I feel that we are being pushed farther and farther away from our plans.   It is painful to witness how things turned out.  I am constantly assessing.  Am I being led away?  Is this for me?

I just have to keep moving forward, one step at a time.  Before we know it, I am there. 


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