January 1, 2010

A New Year ¹

by Wendy • 2010: Memory Making, Headline, Moments that Matter

There is always something so hopeful about the first day of a new year.  We pin our wishes and dreams upon the shiny, squeaky, clean year ahead.  We make promises and plans.  We want to be better, happier, and healthier.  So many possibilities and so many hopes tumble around in our thoughts as we think about that midnight hour and the many moments that fall after.

2009 was a good year for us.  It was the first full year that we had Catherine in our lives.  We traveled quite a bit.  We experienced a lot of new things.  Spent many hours with our beloved friends and family.  Of course we had our ups and downs but all and all I can look back on 2009 with fondness and warmth.

In 2009 I wanted to focus on reflection and inspiration throughout the year and talk about those things on my blog.  I didn’t get around to it as much as I would have liked.  I did reflect quite a bit but I didn’t feel as inspired as I had hoped.  This year I will focus on memories and making them both big and small.  Maybe focusing on the memory making will bring a bit more inspiration.

This past year I feel a little let down because I didn’t blog nearly as much as I should have.  This really has become the journal of my life and it’s nice to go back and pull up the memories from days and years gone by.  Not blogging (or scrapbooking) as much makes me feel as if I have let parts of my life slip by unnoticed.    So, while I am not making any new year’s resolutions, I will be making more of an effort to blog more of 2010.  Maybe it will be just a picture with a word or two or maybe it will be a wordier post.  I’m going to try though because writing and capturing the everyday is also part of the memory making process.

I always wonder how the next new year is going to top the previous year.  I want to do more, be more, go more, meet more, explore more and this year is no exception.  Deep inside I have a worry that this year won’t be as exciting as the last.  I worry that this year will be a rough year like 2007.  I worry that my life experiences will be small.  I am somewhat ashamed to put that out our there but it is who I am.  Those worries are silly in the grand scheme of things. What I have to keep doing is putting each day, each opportunity into the hands of God and pray that He uses me where I am needed and that He will open my eyes to experiences…memories both big and small.

I pray this year will be filled with many moments that my family and I will hold near and dear to our hearts.  I pray that our memories will be rich.  And I pray that we will be blessed beyond measure.  And I pray these things for you to.

Happy New Year!