Happiest of New Years

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                                         Happiest of the New Year to you all!



    

Every New Year, I disappear into the woods. I clear my head, and I think about what I want to do and accomplish this coming year. This year was no different. I went hiking some local trails, but no one was out, as they were all sleeping off their New Year's Eve drinking. I love waking up on January 1, having a clear head, getting plenty of sleep, and being ready to go into nature super early. 

There are some easy trails about 30 minutes away that I love walking. At some point, they turn into a boardwalk over the water. You hear the water before you see it. I stay to the side in case someone else is walking and I just stand still watching the water go over the rocks and listen to the silence.

Something about the solitude excites me. Peace on the first, even if it is freezing, exhilarates me. I know some people visit other people. Some travel back home and some people huddle into the house for boxing day. We all do New Year's Eve differently, but I love starting the day in nature. I sit in the woods. I listen to the animals wake and I thank the Good Lord for another year. 

I just wanted to pop in and say Happy Near Year to you all. May this year be filled with love and light for us all. I know since my mom passed I have struggled. My sister pointed out our mom would want us to move forward, but I feel like I'm sinking in concrete. Not having her down here with me has dug such a huge whole in my heart. I have decided this is my year of peace. I have taken so much out of my house to goodwill. Things I do not use, things I have no seen in years, I have been digging deep to get the majority of my decorative things out. With them gone there is way less to clean. Little by little this year I will donate more and pray my heart heals more and more as the year goes on.


Happy New to you my friends. May this year be a blessing to us all! Sending you love and light,

XOXOXO

Debbie 

   

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