Well...

It's the beginning of the new year 2011. It's been over a decade since the beginning of the twenty-first century, how does everyone feel? I personally like to think that all has gone well and will continue to do so. Looking back over the last ten years a lot has happened some good and some bad. A handful of catastrophes has happened and not in the land of Uncle Sam but around the world.  People of the past have died and some I'm sure more than others went out with a bang.
   Speaking of people passing away, I lost someone dear to my heart on 2009. She was a third grandmother to me and is forever immortalized on my leg. There are fond memories of her taking me to my first Mardi Gras, drinking margaritas by the pool and eating some excellent southern Mississippi food.
   I'm sure most have lost a loved one or a mentor maybe even a dear friend. Perhaps more than one in the past decade but we can never get their face or sometimes even their voice out of our heads. We carry the smiles and the laughter with us for the rest of our lives. I don't mean to dwell on negativity but looking back we as a nation have lost many that made this country so great.
    Views in the country have changed some for the better and others are less appreciated. We have been at war for far too long, we elected our first black president, and we still use things that are made in China (makes ya feel good don't it?). Yes, I believe this new decade will be full of surprises.