Welcome 2011 - Good riddance 2010
It is a new year. I am more hopeful about this year than I’ve been in a long time. There are so many reasons why, some I can share, some I can’t. Most I can’t. The last time I felt this hopeful about a new year it didn’t turn out so good. It was the year that we closed the coffee shop. I had a feeling even before we opened the coffee and deli shop that it wasn’t a good idea. I had talked about this for years. Finally, too late, my husband thought he’d give me a dream. His heart was in the right place but he hadn’t noticed that I’d moved on. He hadn’t noticed that I didn’t talk about this dream the way I once had. I was more excited to be in school and be learning Hebrew. I discovered that I had a near unquenchable thirst for knowledge. I was an excellent student. I had come alive. Instead, we opened the shop in spite of the nagging in my gut. I determined the year we decided to close that...