How is it only day 2 of the new year and I am already feeling behind the 8-ball? It’s true that somehow time bends as you get older and somehow flies faster and faster. My hubs and I were just chatting on our way to date night Saturday evening and couldn’t believe that just a few short weeks away would be the 5th anniversary of our trip to Israel together. How could 5 years fly by so quickly? It literally doesn’t feel that far gone. Maybe 3 years, but in no way does it seem 5 years has passed. Sigh. I wonder if that is a sign of age hitting us?
As we step into 2024, another year before us will likely fly by again. I want to savor it. I want to make my every moment count. I want to spend sweet time with precious friends. We lost a loved one this past fall. I accomplished a lot last year. The last quarter was especially intense-juggling a few frying pans both personally and professionally. And while it feels good to know that at 57, I can still bring it when needed professionally, the time for personal relationships felt like it went by the wayside. Balance. I want to have another year of incredible accomplishment, but I want 2024 to be rich with intentional time blocked to spend with friends and family. I want to make memories that will make me laugh and smile, with maybe a few tears of joy when I am old(er) and can’t get around as I do now.
I just looked back and read my New Year’s blog post from 2023 contemplating what I would write in this year’s? I quickly perused what I wrote last year. In January 2023, I had high hopes of writing and recording a couple more courses. Life took turns I didn’t expect. While I didn’t write a couple of courses-I DID however, write my first e-book for marrieds! How To Wreck Your Marriage 101. What a journey! I am firing up my virtual pen and getting rolling on the next book. (a new secret addiction has begun!). I made time to walk a loved one through the last part of this life’s journey. I attended real estate school, tested and became a licensed agent in December. My plans for 2023 changed. My coaching practice enveloped more work with clients processing trauma, which was a very challenging and rewarding part of my journey around the sun last year. Turns out, I love working with trauma! There was the unexpected blessing of new treasured friends and loved ones coming into my life-relationships, true gems. Treasured memories. I learned how to ride a one-wheel (thanks Danny!). I learned that I could slow down, take necessary time off so I could bounce back from a concussion. (no, the two weren’t related). I learned that concrete is not very forgiving. I learned to ask for help from my husband and I learned that he delighted in jumping in and helping….and that he can whip together a mean salad when necessary.
I hope your 2024 is crazy blessed. I hope you make room for new treasured relationships. I hope you find you are stronger than you thought you were. I hope that you draw nearer to the ultimate source of strength, love, grace, compassion, mercy, patience, and Truth-Jesus. I hope your blessings aren’t just temporal-but enduring. I hope you are comforted through your trials, and that you see beyond the immediate trial and see blessing bloom, even out of loss, pain and struggle. I hope you lean into weakness, learn to ask for help when necessary and say your sorry when that’s needed. I hope you make room for other’s failures when they let you down and learn to be quick to forgive. I hope you make room for miracles, because they happen. Finally, I hope you cling the Way, the Truth and the Life, John 14:16.
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