2009 in Review

January:  House burned down on the 29th.  The rest of the year was a blur.

End of story.

How's that for an atypical year in review?  No boring ramblings about vacations (there were none) or happy events (there were a few) or what the kids are doing. 

When you are homeless and possessionless and heartbroken, life takes on an odd twist. 

Twisted thoughts like this float through your head:

Wonder if this house will burn down too at any moment?
Wonder why we were spared from a middle of the night fire, where we surely would have died.
Wonder if people are talking about us negatively now that we have a brand new nice house.
Wonder if shit is really important at all -- accumulating shit that is.
Wonder if we'll be able to pay the bills, mainly because of a bad loan we made to a family member, but also because we are still replacing everyday things.

And yadda yadda yadda.

I'm just gonna write off 2009 and pray for a productive and happy 2010.  End of Review.