2005 Looking-back Thoughts

In 2005:
A year of heart-whipping:

My first book was published, my second finished, and my third sold
Hundreds of coalition soldiers and thousands of Iraqi's died for oil
My beloved partner and I bought a beautiful four-bedroom house on a golf course
The asian tsunami and the pakistani earthquake left dead and homeless
We planted tiny flowering ground cover, witch hazel, and fresh sweet basil
While the waters rose in New Orleans and wind ripped whole oak trees free