Goodbye 2012 ... Hello 2013

Hope you are enjoying the final day of 2012; or the fresh start of a brand new 2013.

As the final hours of the year approach quickly I can’t help but ponder on all the things that have occurred in the last year. So much can change in a minute let alone “five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes.” But 2012 was a leap year and we had 527,040 minutes to enjoy life, learn lessons, have fun and get some sleep. I enjoy the last one a lot but this year I didn’t get as much of it as other years. My commitment to living life everyday as if it were the last was renewed during my breathless stay in the hospital this past February. It’s usually takes these drastic moments that force us to wake up and realize how insignificant the little things are truly.

There was motivation to get out of there and make changes in my life. I started the hard battle to quit smoking for good this time and loose weight. But have been a challenging struggle but I’ve made great strides with both. Some things seem not to be too toxic in small doses but they build up in your system and eventually prove to be extremely harmful long term. I found this to be true of a few relationships and decide it was time to quit them for good.

The week spent there made me evaluate all aspects of my life, the people that surrounded me, the kinds of people that I wanted to continue to surround myself with, and who proved to be real friends. It was that week I realized that some things are hard to quit and let go but we must learn to let them go. When I signed the release papers and walked out of the hospital I had left behind & quit a few toxic elements of past 13 years, which I’ll never want to bring back into my life. I’m thankful for learning this and having the strength to let go.

But this year also brought many great things with it as well. I’ve meet a few great people, some who will always remain in my life and others who albeit only crossed paths with me will forever hold a spot dear to my heart because they made an impression. For these people I’m thankful because they resurrected different parts of my being that I had allowed to die inside of me. No mater how short their cameo appearance they will not be forgotten.

I’ll have much more for you all next year but until then many great things for a Happy New Year to all!! The sun has now set on this day of mine and it’s time for me to get ready to greet 2013 with open arms. Welcoming all the new experiences and people that will come with it. 

HAPPY LEAP DAY!

I wanted to use these extra 24 hours which 2012 has to write you the first entry back. For starters thanks again to all of you who have been writing requesting new entries and for all the well wishes. Know that all of your emails have kept me going and working behind the scenes to get the future of BigBearMIA In The City better set. Almost a year after my last (pre-accident) entry I’m happy to say that life is getting back to normal. My life routines including writing entries here are starting to become easier. There have been many new ideas I’ve been preparing and will be rolling out in the next few weeks. My intention is to bring back the readership this blog had and prepare for the unexpected events that could affect the future. Stay tune as I roll out new improvements to BigBearMIA In The City. All the best always to you all, jO BigBear

YES, I’M ALIVE (AND RECOVERING SLOWLY)

First I would like to thank all of you who have been writing me well wishes and asking how I was doing. It has been a slow but successful recovery. Albeit I’m not 100% recovered, I do feel there has been some improvement. I apologize to those who only heard about the car wreck, but not heard that I was alive. I can’t say the same about my car, laptop, CrackBerry and a few other items that didn’t survive the wreck. With that said, I am not at liberty to discuss any further details about the wreck, other than I’m alive and slowly recovering, because of the open lawsuit I am involved in.

Now that I have my laptop like Humpty Dumpty has been put together again, or maybe it’s more like patched together a la Frankenstein?  I will try to start posting some of the entries which I worked on during my hiatus. There are a few that were not time sensitive and would still be worthy of reading. It has certainly been painful to be away this long just when I was starting to get use to writing everyday.

All this time I’ve been trying to think of a good way to thank you all for the messages that were being sent. After much thought I came up with an idea and will be announcing it on my birthday entry coming up soon. If you want to know more just become a follower of this blog. You will not only be the first to know of all the new stuff coming to “BigBearMIA In The City” but you may be surprisingly “rewarded” along the way.

Until the next entry… Be Happy, Be Safe, BigBear XoxOs!