With the start of every new year, there is also the many resolutions made. Many of which will make it no longer than the first couple of weeks of the new year. At least that is how many of my resolutions went until the year I stopped making resolutions. Instead of resolutions I started a jar of keepsakes throughout the year. A jar filled with movie stubs, concert tickets, event tickets, wrists bands, restaurant receipts, pictures, shells, etc, any and everything that marked the events of the year. Even the sadder moments, like the hand out from my Mimi’s funeral. The years go by so fast, that at the end of the year instead of focusing on all that God had done and taken place, I was hyper focused on what I wanted to do or change for the coming year. But I think it’s important to pause and take a moment to look back over the year and give thanks for all that God has done and all the ways that He has shown up in our day to day lives.
This year's jar though was a bit different from previous years. There were no movie tickets, event stubs, or passes. They had been replaced with hand written sticky notes, name tags from church events, children birthday party invitations, and the tag from Allie’s first pair of shoes. And though I would be lying if I said I didn’t miss the days of exploring the world and seeing so many amazing things when we were out and about. I wouldn’t trade a single thing to get to experience seeing Allie take her first step this year. Watching my hubby and I grow together and learn how to navigate a house with an energy, love-filled toddler. Starting my first blog. Planting green beans for the first time. Being able to keep 4 house plants alive!
I am sure as the years pass the jar will be filled again with momentos marking all the adventures that my hubby and I have embarked on throughout the year.
And I am sure in those years I will miss the sticky notes. So I want to be intentional to be grateful for all that God is doing right here and now.
I have so much to be grateful for and so do you. It is so easy to look over our lives and compare it to someone else’s, to what you thought your life would look like at this point, or at previous years gone by that seemed easier. And I challenge you as you are starting off 2026 to be intentional to see all the ways the Lord is showing up around you each day. Pray to have the eyes to see all that the Lord is doing. It’s easy in the hustle and bustle of mommahood to feel like God isn’t present and you are just running this race on your own. But scripture says that those who draw near to the Lord, He will draw near to them, James 4:6.
Rest in that truth. Us mommas are never alone, we have a good, good Father that always shows up and is present for His daughters.
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