Happy New Year! 2013

Happy 2013 to YOU! I hope you had a fabulous 2012.
Last year I chose a word, one little word that I wanted to use, or incorporate into my life.
That word was embrace.
I wanted to embrace life and all the things in it.
I wanted to embrace my children, now, in this season of their lives.
I wanted to embrace MY life, my relationships, my body.
I think I did a fairly good job of this, although I know I could always do better. (my body)
I made time for my boys, individually, for dates.
I made time for my hubby, to listen and embrace him and our time together.
I became closer to my sister after a time of misunderstanding and hurt.
I reconciled a relationship in my life with a sister that means a lot to me.
I embraced the fact that people ARE different than me and my family and that's ok.
I embraced the long days of summer. I stayed at the water park hours later than I wanted and
drove out to the lake, just for the afternoon. We got a dog because my boys are old enough to care for her and realllllly wanted one. I "got over myself" and embraced their wants and desires too.
I tried hard to embrace this life that I'm living, right here, right now.

In 2013 I want to continue to embrace life, but I want to do it with contentment. I want to be content in all things. I suffer from anxiety and often times instead of being content with situations I tend to stress, get anxious and then crabby. I need to change that.

content
— adj
1.	mentally or emotionally satisfied with things as  they are
2.	assenting to or willing to accept circumstances, a proposed  course of action, etc
— vb
3.	( tr ) to make (oneself or another person) content  or satisfied
— n
4.	peace of mind; mental or emotional satisfaction

So here it goes...2013 is my year for contentment.