Thinking about the end of the year

There is a lot of snow now, here;

the wind is blowing,

I can hear it by my windows

here on the 8th floor.

I read this blog post about saying goodbye to the year

and realize I need to do just that.

As many who read my blog know,

this year has been with a lot of challenges.

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A year ago my job was already proving to have

great and serious difficulties;

I was really shaken,

did not even have as much courage for

the corporate Christmas party

I had to go to.

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In many ways I really loved my job;

running my own library

working for the staff there,

praying for them

silently

and caring.

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I lost this job due to reevaluations in the end of Lent.

It took me sometime to realize

how I had left the that library

in a much better place

than when I began.

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And so it goes.

I lost the job.

I left the apartment I loved.

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But soon it will be a new year.

My life is still unfolding.

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God is with us.

And I remember the Holy Icon of the Mother of God

coming to us here, in Ottawa, this past fall.

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We must remember God

and not give up hope.