Thanks to Family and Friends

I want to thank everyone that has stuck by me during my struggles of 2008. It certainly will be a year that will be a marker in my life. They say struggles and trials in your life will make you stronger and they are a lesson in life. And it is up to us to learn from them or to let them destroy us.

I have learned that friendships are to be treasured and nurtured and they can't be expected or forced. Everyone handles stresses in their lives differently and how you handle your stresses says a lot about oneselves. And at the end of the day you have to feel good about yourself that you have stayed strong and true to decency and respect for others. My hope for 2009 is to keep and develop those friendships in my lives. They have given me laughs, encouragement and kept me grounded.

I say goodbye to 2008 and to my sense of accomplishment that I gave TMM my loyalty and hard work to make it a place for our customers to enjoy their memories and a fun environment for themselves and their friends. I would have loved to have continued that hope and dream and continued success but again in life you learn your lessons that sometimes dreams are forced from you. Sometimes others influence your lives and not always in a good way. And to that bad situation, I say goobye and hope that 2009 will bring me peace and understanding.

What I treasure the most in 2008 is that my family has given me their unconditional love and I've learned that family is foremost the most important thing in life and that also needs to be treasured and rewarded. I couldn't imagine having dealt with 2008 without them.

Whether 2009 will bring me peace and understanding, long-lived friendships, no more financial and legal worries, I will accept 2009 as a building block to personal joy and start a new chapter in my life. I will learn from all this.

Again, thank you to all my friends and family that have shown me their true character and have cherished mine.