The gifts of 2025........

I see so many people in awe of the change and the things 2025 brought to their doorsteps....maybe reeling some. Looking back and thinking, wow, how did I survive that.....or wow, I am SO different than I was last January 1st, and for me that one resonates so so deeply......this year has brought transformational change, the kind that excavates your soul, and asks you to dig deeper......and I have done that.....digging in.....and swimming in the depths of myself to bring about the change needed to step into this next year.....But amid that deep diving, and painful change I had to make, there was also so much light in this year! I got to go on so many adventures with my kids, and we had so much fun.....doing some traveling, and enjoying our time together so fully.....my kitchen was finished officially in 2025......and that is a gift that will stay with me forever.....something that I never take for granted....and my new path found me in this year.....a new lightning bolt piece of inspiration, that will take me into this next year.....I am planning on hitting the ground running in 2026 and already have some framework to begin with.....working on the logistics of how to make it all work.....and the steps I need to take to get there.......2025 will forever be THE year......THE one that showed me how to love myself fully.....FINALLY, no matter what.....and forsaking all else in the pursuit of that......closing doors on toxicity for good, and things that kept me trapped in the loop some, even though I had walked through so much after my divorce.....I was still missing a piece.....the most crucial piece.....and a switch has been flipped forever....that I feel so completely....I will never settle for less than I deserve again......not ever.....and in that spirit I will also help others do the same:) I am writing my empowerment workshops for young girls.....and for women in the new year.....and letting my intentions for this year begin to percolate as this week takes hold......I plan on paying such close attention to the doors and opportunities that find me, so that I can find the way to those places.....I had plans this week to do more outside of my house than I have felt like doing.....but maybe being cozied in with my favorite people is enough.....we have done some stuff.....and have plans with my parents for New Years....and if the wind dies down today I would like to get into the woods.....they have been calling to me....and I am so excited for this Saturday.....I am having a girl party...my circle of gals coming, getting dressed up, and celebrating 5 years post my divorce and all of the amazing seasons they have all walked through and conquered too......just a glitz and glamour kinda vibe, and I am excited to finish the break that way......but in the meantime I am using this time to get caught up some, making some moves toward some of the things I have planned up ahead, and enjoying every second......so while 2025 was not for the faint of heart.....that is true;-) It for sure was so fully necessary.....and the growth found in a year is kind of amazing to think of.......I have never, in all of my life, grown so much in one year in so many ways....that I know.....and as is often true for me......I am leaning into the lessons.....and the gratitude I feel for them....I NEEDED this year to live the next chapter....I know that so completely....and as the 5 year anniversary of the end of my marriage approaches, it also feels like an ending to that chapter....the first post chapter of all of that.....and when I look back, I see the pain, but I also see the extraordinary light and adventures I got to have through it all......just a magnificent journey so far, and one I feel deeply humbled and grateful to have traveled.....so thank you 2025, I appreciated, deeply....... your clarity and wisdom, and I will carry it with me into the next year:)