New Years Resolution (extra credit)

 I have always made up a resolution for myself at the first minute of the first year, but I can't honestly say that I've ever actually followed through with the goal. This year I hope to change that, and succesfully manage to be more forgiving. If it's a friend or someone I don't really know, I can easily let things go, but with my family I tend to hold onto bad memories.
 The number one person I want to be more forgiving towards is my mom. I never realized until this weekend at my visitation with her how much I don't let what she's done go. Pretty much I jut need to get over everything and give her a fresh start. Although I've given her multiple second-chanced and she's thrown them down the trash, I hope this time will be better. If I can honestly forgive her and not have any more bitterness it would not only improve my relationship with her, but it would also have a positive impact on how my two younger brothers see her. I don't want them to see her in a bad light, and they look up to me so I need to be more understanding of that before I take any actions.

 "Forgiving is the key to being happy," is something my aunt Donna used to tell me when she was alive. Even though she can't be here to encourage others with her wisdom, this year I plan to take her words into my own hands and let them live again.