A new year, a new planner.
Am I the only one who gets excited over the idea of an untouched planner and a good pen for the year ahead?
When I get to December I always like to look back at the normal life entries and other things that were perhaps fun and exciting, like a beautiful trip I took to Sedona Arizona in May.
2025 was filled with adventures, personal growth and healing, work, family, new opportunities and a hopeful future.
The past year has held a lot of behind the scenes healing and renewal in my life that had been rocked with the loss of my husband in 2023.
Writing has always been therapeutic for me but I heavily journaled after his loss as a way to cope with all of the emotions and pain that came with it.
My painful journaling has gradually given way to more hope and promise. Of healing and smiling through memories and treasuring them in my heart as I’ve continued to move forward.
Being able to look back in such a concrete way let’s me see how much I’ve healed, grown, learned and survived. Some of those pages though, bleed so heavily I weep reading them.
I praise God for the woman he has grown from the ashes. I praise him for the beauty of this past year and all it brought to me.
I praise him for this new year and my future.
My biggest blessing of 2025 was a proposal from a beautiful man God brought to me in the ashes of my grief. ❣️
So I end 2025 beyond grateful and thankful for sooo many things. I start 2026 with eager anticipation for the year ahead with all of its new ” firsts” and a hopeful future. This year will be its own story and I eagerly look forward to writing it.
Share with me some of your reflections from your year and what you look forward to in 2026.
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