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I have struggled with what I would choose this year for my little word . Last year my word kinda found me. I wrote out a word ,then its definition thought long and hard about my goals for the year and why were they so important to me . I repeated this so many times I was about ready to give up on one little word for this year. Then I stumbled upon CONNECT .

It is what my word must be connect .

I so want to connect with family ,my husband , my kids , my self , creativity , friends , with life its self . I feel connect is the word I need to have this year . I will follow up with this as I believe this .

One Little Word

I have decided to take the journey of having one little word to carry me into this New Year to help focus with whats important to me and have a clear focus on something to keep me centered enough on a goal . So I had many little words pulled aside on a waiting list . A few being cherish , believe,focus,grateful,nurture or create but none of them spoke to me they just seemed like a word . Yes any of them could be fitting for what is in store for us/ me this upcoming year . But Ali says pick a word for YOU . SO I gave that alot of thought . I followed the process she gives to support you on your journey I looked up the definition of each word . I had one word that just kept popping in my head .word = BE . Could it be my word . Its so deep can mean so much is this what I need or want . So I ignored it and continued on my journey LOOKING for my one little word when my one little word already had me . SO after much thought laying in bed with the dictionary in hand my jot  book analyzing every word ,and  searching for more words . Then I thought BE is so much of what I want to strive for . I feel as a mom , wife,step mom ,sister,daughter and friend so some how lost ME and feel like I have been tested as the person I know I am and the person people want me to be . So I thought to just BE is perfect . I have yet to start my binder for my one little word journey have the idea all stored up above and set all the products I want to use aside to create it just need to make the time.So as I set out to BE . I have done my home work on my little word .
So here it is .

Definition :
BE - exist

Synonyms:
abide, act , be alive, breathe ,continue,do,endure, go on , have being , have place ,hold,inhabit ,last,live,move,obtain,persist,prevail,remain,rest ,stand,stay,subsist,
survive

Invite :
challenges
changes
organization
simplify
inspire
growth
connections
The only piece of homework I still have to accomplish is a self portrait and putting my first page all together as well as the outside design of my binder .
BE is the one little word little it is but I have a feeling its going to make a huge impact on my coming journey .For now I am going to BE .

~L~

Change happens ....

I believe change can happen but it takes you to do it . So I am making changes in my life and starting now 2011 to do it . Here are a few things I am doing to make those changes happen to me .
I am going to use my project life kit from last year and actually do it but maybe not quite the way Becky uses hers but in away for me to document our FAMILY the way we see it . I am glad its guided out the way it is but it did not work for me ,so I am planning on making it work for me. Check out what project life is all about here.
I am also choosing a word for the year which Ali shows us her "one little word " journey . Before Ali showed us that she was going to document her word this year I had planned to to do a art journal with my word so once again I am not setting myself up to fail this year I still plan on doing it my way but listen to what she is doing with her little word and taking advice from her journey to guide me on my journey . Ali's One Little Word can be found here. I will share my one little word later on . The word that found me still really confuses me now ,but I am sure it is the word that is right for me and will take me on amazing journey .
I also know I really need help to organize and help me do all this so I am using some Christmas money to do this . How to achieve your goals and create a life you love .Who really wouldn't want this .A life you will love and to be had . There are so many things that have changed for us / me last year and I just need help getting it all to where we need to be . I ,me have had a hard journey getting here where I am and feel stuck but need me to get it unstuck . Not sure that's making any sense but that's where its at now. I need ,want a meal plan for our family as we live on a farm , I want to create the memories our family will have forever again , I need me to reconnect with me again I need our family to be together the best that we can be . So as I take my journey I hope all this will help me find me . So for now I am just going to BE .