First Light of 2023

The first light of the first day of a brand new year. We were so tempted to sleep but this has become an important tradition for my daughter and I. Once again, we did not regret making the effort to get out there. It's not easy when neither of us are morning people!!

This is one of those moments each year we feel most alive and a little bit crazy. It's a ritual of welcome and anticipation, of knowing the year will hold both heartbreak and beauty (because they all do), and whispering a small prayer, "God, thank you for the beauty of this moment and the beauty to come. You know what the year holds. Guide our steps."

What might "becoming" look like in 2023?

I will live well into both hardship and beauty. To engage my days with anticipation that I might show up in the fullness of who I'm becoming one day at a time. That the inner beauty, intentional choices, and heart posture I'm cultivating might be evident through any heartbreak that threatens to harden me.

I will continue to surround myself with those who see my heart and those who will walk alongside me, willing to link arms in the journey of becoming, because I choose not to journey alone.

I will continue to position myself as a witness of beauty in every moment and in each human in my circle of influence, because I choose to seek beauty even within the grief of hardship.

I will stand for truth and I will use my voice to advocate for myself, my brilliant people, and my brave, brave clients, because I choose to live authentically.

2023 I'm here for you.
Strong back, soft heart.