Welcome 2016.

 Crazy – right? I can’t believe it’s already 2016. My daughter will be 16 this year. I will be married 22 years this year. 2015 was a pretty full year, and I can’t even start to imagine what this year will bring. Hopefully joy and fun and learning. I know it will probably bring other things too – things that I wouldn’t wish for, but will probably have to see through. And that’s ok – it’s all the parts that make us whole, not just the good.

So when I was thinking about this years word for Ali Edward’s One Little Word class, nothing was coming to me. It was towards the end of December, and I thought this year, I might be growing into a word – since nothing seemed right. And then on Instagram, Ali posted her word for 2016, and it was like I had been hit with a ton of bricks. That was my word too. I struggled against it at first, I mean, having the same word as the class instructor, well, that just didn’t feel right. But since then, I’ve given in and let “whole” come over me.

And it has.

I began looking up quotes and meanings to help me really begin to get to know my word. And then I heard Karen Grunberg say something on the Paperclipping Roundtable that hit home for me. She talked about thinking about how you want to feel, and allow that to help guide your decisions, your projects, etc. Well, that’s exactly what I needed. Because I haven’t been feeling “whole” lately. But when I thought about why, I was gettin’ nothin’. And that’s because I hadn’t really defined it for me yet. What is whole to me? How do I want to feel that embodies whole in my life.

Granted – I’m not totally there – I mean really, it’s January, people! But I think feeling through the word will help me define my intentions for this year, and learn to feel whole.

That being said, I hope to start a series of posts: “My Whole Life”, that will document the insight I’m given or living through my word this year. I look forward to sharing!

What’s your word this year?