As the end of this year approaches I can’t help but look back and reflect on all that has happened.  I have experienced some highs and quite a few health related lows this year.  I would much rather focus on the good things that 2009 brought.

This was the year that LivingRheum.com was born in earnest.

LivingRheum.com has enriched my life in ways that I never could have expected.  I am still in awe that anyone found my blog to read it in the first place. The fact that so many people have come here and read my words and shared their experiences has been such a blessing.  I am so grateful to have met so many amazing people.

Just knowing that there are so many good people in this world who completely understand how it really feels to have rheumatoid arthritis and the challenges that I face with this disease, has made me feel so less alone in this challenging  journey. I hope that in some way I have been able to give back all that I have gained.

I want to wish everyone a happy, healthy new year filled with much happiness and mobility. I am looking forward to what the new year will bring. I plan to use my energy to focus on the joy. I find the more I focus on the joy, the less I focus on the joints.