Welcome, 2013!

A brand new year! I love looking at the calendar at the start of a new year...it's clean, fresh, unblemished...a whole 365 days of glorious dreaming, planning, scheming...and then...it takes about 5 minutes to start adding in the appointments, family schedules, etc. etc.

I didn't blog much last year...I don't know why...I just didn't feel it. I tried to keep up with the thankfulness and gratitude on Mondays, but even that fell by the wayside, despite my best efforts. This year, I have decided to keep up the gratitude, and see if I can get to 1,000 by the end of 2013. I sure hope so...I think it will be neat to look back over this year, and see all the things that have meant so much to me: little things, big things, insignificant things, things of great import and value.

Last year, I chose the word "Grace" for 2012. This year, I am choosing wholeness as my word for this year. Over 2012, God has been showing me, teaching me, and encouraging me to deal with things in my life...places that are hurt, broken, and tender...places that till now, had been ignored, hadn't surfaced, and hadn't been brought to light. This finally came to a head with me over the holidays, and I feel such a release dealing with the last bit of brokenness in me. Those places are precious to Him, and I'm convinced that if I let Him, He will use them for His glory. So, this year, I'm hoping, will be a year of wholeness...of self, family, marriage, spiritually...in all things.

I am hoping to continue my Monday thankfulness, and {Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real} Thursdays, as well as a weekly Daybook, which will probably happen on Wednesdays. The other days, I'll write about whatever strikes my fancy...

So, from DH, DD, DS, and myself: Happy New Year, and all the best for 2013. May you be blessed with wholeness this year!