Sunday, December 30, 2012

Marking Milestones with Celebration.

       In just a few hours a very well celebrated milestone of the year is about to be recognized and celebrated. We emphasize New Years by celebrating the Eve and also the first day of the year. Some bloggers have already written a post on New Year's Eve or New Years Day. Most people are very aware of the new year even if they don't celebrate.

      For many it is a time to stop and take stock of their life. In the past year what are their achievements? What are their losses? What are they going to do in the New Year? Do they want to improve themselves in the New Year?  How will they change in the next year? There is much agonizing of resolutions to be made for the next year.

     There are other milestones that we like to recognize. Who would forget Thanksgiving? There are different dates for Thanksgiving and each culture has their own spin on what Thanksgiving means.

     We put tremendous importance on birthdays, anniversaries and deaths. The first two we like to celebrate.      New Years has a special significance to me as that's the first date I had with my wife. So Dec 31 of 1963 bis an important date for me. It is difficult to put our losses out of our mind when loved ones birthdays or day of death come around. These are all times when we have reason to stop and look at our present stage in life. Who hasn't made the birthday wish?

    We seem to need to recognize important dates to help us think back to what has happened in our life. We celebrate and mark our achievements. We also take stock and look to the future and how we can survive and prosper.

     So I am a few hours early for New Year's Eve, and I'm listening to classical music which is celebrating the new year. I had never thought that  there would be two hours of classical music.

      So celebrate the passing of 2012 and welcome the coming of 2013.

      Happy New Year to everybody and I wish everybody a prosperous 2013.

20 comments:

  1. Lovely post! We are celebrating Christmas with the kids tomorrow.
    We do things differently!
    All the best for the New Year!
    You are a wonderful person!

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    1. Many people celebrate Christmas at other times. It works well.
      Have a prosperous and happy 2013.

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  2. i hope there is joy waiting ahead of us. for all of us. :)

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    1. Same to you Adrian. I look forward to following you in 2013.

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  4. I know there is joy ahead! I'm and optimist!
    I've enjoyed your posts since I started following your blog.
    Have a wonderful 2013!

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  5. Have a very happy new year! I really enjoy your blog and also enjoy your visits to my blog. Happy 50th anniversary of your first date with your wife! Our first date occurred on November 25th.

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    1. Happy New Year to you and your family. I certainly enjoy following your blog.

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  6. Happy New Year to you and "She who must be Obeyed" - 50 years eh?
    I was hoping for a great start, but the TV decided that it would go "haywire" yesterday.
    So 2013, starts with a let down (sigh).
    Only possess 3 channels at present! I am hoping it is a minor problem as the TV is not OLD!
    Sydney put on it's usual big welcome in party on the harbour, maybe it was shown on your Canadian TV news? 1.5 million spectators around the foreshores, the fun eh? of getting home.
    Cheers
    Colin (Brisbane.Australia)

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    1. Happy New Year to you, Colin. I enjoy your comments. Keep them coming.

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  7. I wish a fabulous New Year! I am a new follower from Sicily!

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    1. Thanks for finding and following my blog.
      Happy New Year to you.

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  8. Happy New Year to our great neighbors! Looking forward to more "sidewalk chat" in 2013! Also looking forward to a lovely piece of fruitcake....thank you so much!
    Tracey

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  9. I hope 2013 brings you joy and peace. Happy New Year.

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  10. I think I win on this one. I get the visit with a cool neighbor and I also have somebody who reads my blog.
    Happy New Year to you and your family.

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  11. Red it touches my heart when I read that two people have been together for the amount of years you and your wife have been. It takes tons of love, work and effort to stay committed and today there's a lack of all three aforementioned I think. I'm speaking from experience, been married twice and all I've ever wanted is to have one person in my life to grow old with. It's beginning to look like it's not in the cards for me, not yet anyways, but after hearing your story I know there is hope.

    You met your wife the same year I was born in, I would have been 7 months old. WOW! Did you know she was the one for you right from your first date?

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  12. WOW! You are 50 years and Terry and I are 45...we are of an age now, so it seems!

    Linda
    http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
    http://deltacountyhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com

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