New Year's Resolution #2

Keeping up with my resolutions....

RESOLUTION #2: Communicate more often with family and friends

I vow to keep more in touch with people that I genuinely care about. Sometimes an email here and there is nice, but I want to make a better effort and actually call people on the phone and hear what they're up to. Being on Facebook, I've reconnected with a lot of people from my past, but I would say for the most part, there's only a small handful of people that I'd actually like to talk to on the phone with. Well, let's just hope that if I'm going to put an effort, the other parties do as well. When it comes to communication, we all know it's a two-way street.

One of my really good friends from college, C and I have managed to maintain a strong bond since we both graduated 5-6 years ago from our alma mater. I know this didn't just happen by chance but we both put the same amount of effort into our friendship. It's great that we have FB as a medium to constantly check on each other, but it means so much more when I get these long novellas of an email from her, plus we manage to make phone dates every month so we can talk in depth. I really appreciate her friendship over the years and I thank her for always making an effort. Like I tell her, she's my Carrie Bradshaw with all of her dating stories and the nicknames we give the guys.

I come from a large family and have 9 siblings. I have 3 younger sisters in college and 1 living in Chicago. This is the time of their lives and I want to be more involved and check in with them more often. I want to be there and give them advice about dating, school, life, work, etc. I should really make the time. My mother amazes me because she is probably one of the busiest women in the world - she's constantly on-the-go and rarely does she ever take time to relax and make time for herself; however, she manages to call my sisters, my brother and his wife, me and my hubby, and my oldest sister on a weekly basis to check in on us and see how we're doing. It's these little things that make me appreciate and love my mother just that much more.

So, don't be surprised if you get a phone call from me in the near future. I really just want to hear how you're doing.