With Christmas now over, it is time for social media become flooded with posts, memes, and tweets about how horrible the year has been. The funny thing about this is that it's always the same people saying these things. If all of what they say is true, their lives have really stunk for the last 6 or 7 years now.
Whether or not 2016 was a good year is all about your perspective and attitude. Plenty of bad things happened to me and my family this year. The worst thing being that my one of my Grandfathers passed away. However, we have tried to make a habit of focusing on the positive.
That being said, my family had a great year! We are all healthy, we only had to make one visit to the ER, and we got to go on a short vacation and see my Grandpa about 2 weeks before he passed away. The kids caught more than 200 gophers, sold 300+ dozen ears of corn, raised and sold some calves, and put some money in their bank accounts. We also had an awesome Christmas and have been having a lot of fun sledding in the abundance of snow that keeps falling.
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| Fun in the snow |
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| Playing with Uncle W |
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| She's only 2, but she is the master of the bumper cars |
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| Riding the teacups at Lagoon |
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| Preparing to mutton bust |
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| First gopher of the year |
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| Our corn salesmen hard at work |
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| Counting the money from selling corn |
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| After the work is done, then we have some fun |
Sure it sounds more dramatic on Facebook to share all your problems and swear off the current year while you publicly welcome the next with open arms. But, if we all make an effort to focus more on the positive, the world will be a happier place.
So whatever happened during your 2016, remember the good things and look forward to what may come next.
Happy New Year!
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