Twenty twelve is quickly coming to a close and leaves me feeling like I'm approaching a stop sign but my brakes are out. I'm trying to take a breath and imagine the fresh start of a new year but it is easier said than done. I feel a to do list pressing in.
I had every intention of sending out Christmas cards but when I could see that wasn't happening I decided New Year's cards would be fun. I love the tradition of getting cards in the mail. It is really the only time of year we get much personal correspondence in our mailbox. I want to do my part to keep the tradition alive. But I don't think it's going to happen.
I actually plugged some photos into a New Year's card on line last night. I got everything uploaded and ready to go and then I tried to write our names at the bottom. Before I got to Juliet, it told me I had hit the text limit. It was rather frustrating. But then I realized we are so blessed we have too many people to fit our family at the bottom of a card.
This morning I literally just sat here scratching my head wondering how I could photograph nearly 40 families to help them with their Christmas cards yet I couldn't manage to get any done myself. My kids wanted me to, they kept asking. But there's always next year. I pray we will have a happy and healthy year ahead to report on. As you can see, I did manage to take a few photos of them and my family helped us get a shot when we were all decked out before Christmas Eve church.
I need a fresh start. I have three days to wrap this year up and I feel unorganized and messy closets and miscellaneous paperwork and school stuff has taken priority. So I'm going to say Happy New Year on the blog and move on.
May 2013 make us all aware of God's grace and sovereign hand over everything. I am vowing to simplify a little and do my best to never leave the house unless absolutely necessary. Oh wait, I already do that. And I'm barely here. So I'm not sure how that's going to happen. But that's where God's grace and hand come in I guess.
Here we are all are, and here's all our names. Just to stick it to the Christmas card people. Happy New Year from Jimmy, Julie, Jackson, Libby, Cash, Penelope, and Juliet! We love you all!
1 comment:
Agreat way to end the year. I too, every year, say it's time to write the year in review and mail out to friends...hasn't happened in 4 years!!!
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