One Little Word : Mid-Year
My word for 2009 is nurture.
I am nurturing a young boy's love of Star Wars & leogs &
reading & Harry Potter. I am nurturing an inquisitive mind by answering a lot of awesome seven-year-old questions about the way in which our world works. I am nurturing his social skills as I encourage and model and role-play.
I am nurturing a baby girl's enchantment with the world around her. I am nurturing her physically as I nurse her and emotionally as we engage in all that great mama-baby bonding. I am nurturing her natural rhythms and helping her adapt to life in our home.
I am nurturing my relationship with Chris as we navigate the waters of being busy parents (with passionate professional lives).
I am nurturing myself as a second-time mama with as much patience as I
can muster. I have been taking things slow and focusing on the projects I
think are most important and letting the rest go. I am trying to live
fully present in this season of my life without hurrying on to the
next. It's a minute by minute choice.
I am finding that a lot of my creative energy is currently going into
nurturing
my relationship with my kids. I feel really good about this. Life with two kids is a very creative
endeavor. Creativity in focus, in juggling, in entertaining, in attitude, in setting up a day that
is "full of life" for each of us. To me "full of life" means a
combination of healthy things: play, rest, work, nutrition, etc.
I may not be producing as many layouts and projects right now as I have in the past, but I am exactly where I want to be in terms of being available & active in the lives of my children.
Did you write anything about your word back in January that you can review now? One of the reasons I love having a blog is being able to go back in time and see what was documented. Reading what I wrote then vs. how I am feeling today is a gift to myself.
Don't feel bad if you haven't really connected with your word this year. It's been my experience that some years I have a strong connection with my word and others not so much. Have you really given your word a chance?
Take some time today to reflect or reconnect with your word. Consider posting an update on your blog or here in the comments.
Ali, thank you for reminding us of this!
My word is plant. Following your lovely prompt I have been journalling. I had chosen this word hoping to plant good things in my life and in the lives of others. What I am noticing with delight is that others are also planting good things in my life: kind words, encouragement, support! This was not something that I had anticipated when I choose my word! I am so thankful that life is sometimes better than I had expected!
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I just had been thinking about my word this past week, which is funny, maybe it's just a natural time to check back on your goals you set forth at the start of the year.
Grow/growth was still my word, nurture could have worked as well.
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i choose 'create' in the beginning of the year without any clear picture of what to create, now, 6 months later, i just launch a website, offering my services, small time but it's something to work on, finding my way, creating a better life for me and others, step by step, little by little as i go along. so yeah... i think it has been good. slow but good. thank you ali, for this post, it made me stop and review what i have done past 6 months, and i am definitely feeling good about myself.
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My word is adventure/adventurous (as in I want to go on adventures and be more adventurous). I've done more living in the last few months than I had in quite a while!
I've explored museums, gone to plays, started ballroom dancing (something I've always wanted to do but was too scared to try without a partner), gone hiking in the grand canyon, and the biggest adventure to date: moving from Minnesota to South Carolina for graduate school. As if moving from everything and everyone I knew wasn't enough, grad school is something I never thought I'd be able to do. But I'm here and it's real.
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Well, as always you have great timing. i was just reflecting on my word for 2009: BELIEVE. I was blessed and refound my faith this year, so Believe was even more fitting for me. My DD and I started over 3 years ago and this year has been one of discovery for us. I may not be scrapping as much as I'd like, but there are other more important things, as you have pointed out!! Thanks for it all.
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My word is Balance. Thanks for reminding me to check my status. I blogged about it here: http://sherrygrove.typepad.com/what_blog/2009/07/update-on-my-word-for-2009.html
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My word for this year is Playful and I appreciated this reminder to reflect on it again which I did on my blog:
http://kateiredale.typepad.com/inspired/2009/07/revisiting-playful6-months-later.html
Thanks Ali
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Baby girls are so beautiful! And yours is a baldy just like my girls were.
I chose the word "be" as in "just BE in the moment". Having trouble with that lately. Got a lot of frustration with 2 kids, a dog and husband running the house. Maybe it should have been "patience". Thanks for posting.
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