Happy New Year…

Oh, hey there blog… Remember me?  Well... this is awkward, but Happy New Year!! It counts because it’s still January, right?

Did I plan on taking a 5 month break from writing here?  Absolutely not.   To be honest, the last 365 days of my life have been a series of unexpected left turns, shattered dreams, and broken plans.  Much of this was truly out of my hands, and yet I was along for the ride, like it or not.  (I swear I don’t remember signing the waiver for this roller coaster…)

I wanted to run hard into 2025 with vision and passion for this next season of my life, and instead found myself almost frozen in place with what I’ve best been able to describe as emotional whiplash.

Giving myself some time to catch my breath, and allowing myself to just “be,” is hard for my personality type… but the lessons learned in times of challenge tend to be the ones that stick, ya know?

So while I’ve been learning to give myself some grace, (something I find so much easier to give others over myself), here is where I have landed:

What is all if this was happening FOR me instead of TO me?

This subtle shift is everything.

This is the hope I passionately sing over my family, friends, clients… Even when I can’t see it… I get to believe that one day, I will look back in awe at the way all of my “broken dreams” were rebuilt into something better than I could ever ask or imagine.