h.a.p.p.y. n.e.w. y.e.a.r.

2010 couldn't have been a better year.

i doubt i will ever forget this year and what it brought.

2010 was the year:

. we hosted a great new year's day party/and had some new year's day photo booth fun

. i finished applications, got accepted/rejected from colleges, got my heart broken after falling in love with corcoran/ d.c., and made the crazy, wonderful, and last- minute decision to take a gap year.

. spent time with kiddos

. graduated from asheville yoga center's 230 hr program/ discovered a whole new passion for teaching and practicing

. climbed a little

. graduated high school

. my beautiful sis got married and set the perfect example of a calm, beautiful, and happy bride.

. went on the annual beach trip with my bright stars

. backpacked through europe with my other darling sis/had the time of our lives/met dana/fell in love with travel all over again

. worked various jobs and learned a lot about the real world

. read a ton of books good and bad

. drew stuff/ painted stuff

. wore some seriously funky ensembles/ no pants april

. took thousands of photographs

. learned to be truly thankful for health/ recovery

. painted at thursday night worship/had the privilege to worship in a whole new way

all this to say one simple thing - 2010 was great.

i only wish it would have stuck around a little longer! it slipped past us too quickly.

may the new year bring new joy and peace to your lives.

happy happy 2011!

i'm fully confident 2011 is the year to live your best life. . . approach life in a whole new way and make sense of all the madness to the best of your ability.

"the very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. and the most you can do is live inside that hope." - barbara kingsolver

with all the love in my heart,

g.