Re: So we're about to head into 2010
 

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Re: So we're about to head into 2010
 

Well for you folks that can't count, it has only been 9 years. 2010 will be the tenth year once completed. :)

The last nine years I have moved out of town to the country, quit working for pay, published two books, lost a bunch of Uncles and Aunts and a few cousins.

Raised a garden the last coupe of years. Changed churches, still in same organization. Preached out some.

Bought a house, sold the old house. Praise the LOrd!

God is good!

Re: So we're about to head into 2010
 

It takes more than counting. It takes deductive reasoning.

Step 1 - When did the decade begin?

Re: So we're about to head into 2010
 

This last decade was one of constant change for me-
New Year's Day 2000 remember the Y2K scare! Well my BIL was rushed into emergency surgery that day! Scary, but he survived- Later that year, my SIL had surgery and did not survive. The same week my mother suffered her first stroke.
The rest of the decade was a whirl wind. I met the love of my life and married. Retired from my job after 30 years and settled in to being a homemaker. My brother married and divorced. Survived a church split and changed churches. Bought and sold a house. Bought a second home. Learned how to camp- and visited Alaska, Minnesota, Wyoming, and Maine and states inbetween. Completed a goal of visiting all fifty states. Lost my nephew. Through all the changes, God has been my comfort. I have had the time to study the Bible and really look at what it says- without the filter of previous teachings. I have found that many of the things I was taught were true. I am focusing on living a principle focused life rather than standard based. He is faithful and true!

Re: So we're about to head into 2010
 

LOL - - that's what I was going to say!

Here's the math Esther:

2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010

Looks like 10 years to me!

It's like the day of you birthday you finish that year - - if you are turning 54 - - on your 54th b-day you have LIVED 54 years and the day after your birthday you are starting on your 55th year.

Re: So we're about to head into 2010
 

If a person were born 1/1/00, how old would they be tomorrow? :D

Re: So we're about to head into 2010
 

I was thinking the exact same thing!

I knew so little in 2000!

Now, I know even less!!!

Re: So we're about to head into 2010
 

Indeed.

And it is also the same reasoning by which we find ourselves in the 21st century although we are not to year 2100 yet.

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The last ten years have been a whirlwind of change for me. Good, bad, and ugly.

Major life events include:

Divorce
Raised teenage girls as a single mom while working three jobs
Sister lost battle to cancer
Dad lost battle to cancer
Job loss due to corporate downsizing
Mom diagnosed with cancer - in remission
Remarriage
Survived church split and changed churches
Became a granda twice
Husband was injured and has suffered major health issues
Was released from a new job after training/probation period
Filed Chapter 13 bankruptcy
Went through foreclosure on home
Started a business
Stood and saw the goodness of the Lord

God is good - all the time!

Re: So we're about to head into 2010
 

Tamor I prophecy that the Lord will undue all the struggles you have overcome and lead you and your husband towards a blessed next 10 years!