The Gift of a New Year

The Gift of a New YearHere’s to the yearthat’s almost past its expiration date—2009.We all had some surprises, didn’t we?Some good, some distressing.Let’s use everything we got from our experiences,everything we learned,to enrich the new year.Here’s to the new year, 2010,a gift we haven’t opened yet.May its bright, shiny packagecontain even more than we hope for.And even while we’re delighting in