As I sit here, spending my last Monday of 2018 sipping my 3rd cup of coffee, in my slippers, I can't help but dream about 2019.
In some ways, a year seems to take F.O.R.E.V.E.R. Like when you turn 15, and you have 1 year until you can drive and have FREEDOM! Or when you find out you're pregnant, and waiting to snuggle your new precious baby, those 40 weeks seem to slowly pass by. Or entering your last year of college, or high school, it seems like an eternity until graduation day.
But on the other hand, a year also seems like a blink of an eye, especially when looking back. The first year of each of my children's lives flew by. My first year teaching seemed to fly by as well. And 2018, seemed to have passed by like a thief in the night, and here we are with a few hours left until a new year.
For me, 2018 was spent feeling my way through a dense fog. Have you ever driven a familiar road in heavy fog? That road that you knew so well, all of a sudden felt foreign and strange. That's how I felt, every single day. And maybe that's what grief does to a person. It clouded my entirety.
How are you feeling about 2019? For our family, it will be a year of change and new beginnings. A year of trusting completely in God. It will be a year like none other. A year that could only be described as a leap of faith. And I'm beyond thrilled for this journey.
Stay tuned for exciting changes...
For me, 2018 was spent feeling my way through a dense fog. Have you ever driven a familiar road in heavy fog? That road that you knew so well, all of a sudden felt foreign and strange. That's how I felt, every single day. And maybe that's what grief does to a person. It clouded my entirety.
How are you feeling about 2019? For our family, it will be a year of change and new beginnings. A year of trusting completely in God. It will be a year like none other. A year that could only be described as a leap of faith. And I'm beyond thrilled for this journey.
Stay tuned for exciting changes...
I want you to know that whatever challenges, obstacles, unforeseen events 2019 has in store for you, you can handle it. Sometimes you don't know your own strength. It may take being backed in a corner, forced to fight, and face your fears. Some may not see that you had no other option than grabbing that strength, and clinging to it. Because with that strength, you learn you are so much stronger than you'd ever imagined.
Maybe that strength looks like lending an ear and listening, instead of giving unsolicited advice. Or maybe it looks like saying goodbye, or maybe that strength looks like swallowing your pride and forgiving.
Here's a toast to a 2019 filled with bright new beginnings, days filled with intentional decisions, and adventures that bring great joy. May 2019 be everything you hope it to be.
Maybe that strength looks like lending an ear and listening, instead of giving unsolicited advice. Or maybe it looks like saying goodbye, or maybe that strength looks like swallowing your pride and forgiving.
Here's a toast to a 2019 filled with bright new beginnings, days filled with intentional decisions, and adventures that bring great joy. May 2019 be everything you hope it to be.
