Opinion

As the new year is ahead in view, the lessons learned this year have helped me through the trajectory of my life thus far. I have learned three main things this year and will share some details about each.

Have you truly thought your Christmas was gone before? In 2007, I thought the Grinch was real and he stole my Christmas. My family lived in Armourdale, KS and I attended John Fiske Elementary. I was an impressionable little girl and like all children, believed Santa Claus was ominous like God. My favorite Christmas movies were The Grinch, The Santa Claus movies and all stop-motion Christmas movies.

Social media has its positives and its negatives. One of the greatest positives, for me, has been the restoration of longago friendships from grammar school to college.