Thank you to such a wonderful 2010. The Parenting Passageway’s readership has grown in leaps and bounds, and 2011 promises to be an interesting and exciting year.
Here is my annual New Year’s wishes for my dear readers, reprised for 2011:
I hope this is the year you are “good enough”
I hope this is the year you have more joy than ever before!
I hope this is the year you investigate your faith and find a faithful community to join and pray with.
I hope this is the year you have the cleaner, more organized home that you have always wanted.
I hope this is the year you fall in love with your spouse or partner again and again.
I hope this is the year you will ENJOY your children and have FUN with them.
I hope this is the year you will learn some new skills and enjoy the process.
I hope this is the year you will start telling stories to your kids instead of reading them all.
I hope this is the year you are outside and active as a family in all seasons.
I hope this is the year you sing to your children and teach them singing games.
I hope this is the year you draw closer to your own family; your own parents and siblings.
I hope this is the year you spend time with the friends you hold dearest.
I hope this is the year you take a vacation, no matter how short and close to home.
I hope this is the year you start a garden.
I hope this is the year you set the tone in your home and become the Queen that you are.
I hope this is the year you will be the most gentle parent you can be.
I hope this is the year you forgive yourself.
I hope this is the year you become healthier by exercising and eating healthy foods.
I hope this is the year for all your dreams to come true.
Thank you all so much for reading my words and for all the gifts you bring here and to your own families. You all bring me so much joy each and every day!
In Joy, and Happy New Year!
Many blessings,
Carrie
Thank you for this and all your posts. You are invaluable and such a support. Love and blessings, Daisy xxx
Thank you Carrie – I am so thankful for your site, it has proved to be such a helpful tool for myslef and family. Enjoy 2011. x
Happy New Year! Here’s to a great new year!
Beautifully said…Happy New Year!
Happy New Year’s Jennifer and everyone!!
Many blessings,
Carrie
Thank you and Happy New Year! Your post made me feel SO GOOD!
What a lovely post to your readers and now I am one:)
Happy New Year!
Anna-Marie
What beautiful wishes, Carrie! Thank you so much and Happy New Year!
you are truly my heroine, carrie. thank you for your wishes … just reading them out loud sets a different tone. all the best to you and yours, and many many thanks for shining a light.
Thank you Carrie! Your hopes mirror so many of my own hopes for myself. Thank you for all the inspiration on this wonderful blog! 🙂
thank you for the inspirational thoughts!
Happy New year to you and your loved ones.
what a beautiful list of hopes and wishes for our new year. Thank you, and God bless.
Happy new year Carrie. I can sincerely say that reading your blog has made me a better parent. Thank you so much for what you do on this space, you are a blessing to us all. xxx.
wish a new year toyou full of blessings that fillyou with promise, love and joy. thank you for your wonderful list
Happy New Year to you and your family Carrie!
I would like to share a blog post that I just read this morning and was very inspiring to me. I hope you do not mind if I post the link Carrie, if you do please just delete it.
http://www.incourage.me/
Happy New Year everybody!
Happy New Year Carrie and thankyou for the kind wishes. As I sit in my sitting room, sun sparkling on the sea out there, and nibbling my toast with homemade plum jam we made yesterday, I’m thinking of you. Yours is the only blog I check out if I just have a few minutes. All the best for 2011 🙂
I love this! Amen to all of the above. These are all things I am working hard at this year. I have really enjoyed and been inspired by your blog in 2010 and can’t wait to read through 2011!
Happy New Year! A wonderful list Carrie… I am so blessed to have found your blog; I will turn to it time and again this new year, to help guide me as I continue on this amazing journey of motherhood and homemaker.
blessings to you and thank you .
if you only knew how many times I’ve reached out to your words for strength and guidance.
Helen
with a resolution for more inner peace and gentleness