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I men­tioned last year that I don’t do New Year’s Res­o­lu­tions. I’ve never been able to keep them and they just frus­trate me to no end. I actu­ally had an incred­i­ble year the first year I chose to throw those res­o­lu­tions out the win­dow and just strove to be who I knew I needed to be. Period. It was very liberating.

As I look back to this past year, my first thoughts are: “There’s no way it was as bad as 2008!” That year was frus­trat­ing and unfor­tu­nately full of bit­ter­ness.  Last year was dif­fer­ent. It was hur­ried and very, very hilly. Up, down, up, down. So I’m very grate­ful for the ‘Ups’ and pray that I learned some­thing from the ‘Downs’.

I look for­ward to 2010. It’s the year for ‘Me’. Near the end of this year I’ve finally real­ized that my miss­ing MoJo was here all along but just needed to step back and let some things play out. Now I’m ready to focus on ‘Me’. Does that mean turn­ing my atten­tion away from my fam­ily? Absolutely not. They are a part of what makes me ‘Me’. My chil­dren remind me that I am a strong and faith­ful mother. My hus­band reminds me that I am sexy and gen­tle, yet resilient. My pas­sion reminds me that I am alive and a part of a big­ger pic­ture then just this moment.

I seem to also feel the need to change my blog design about this time of year too.  Along with a new design is a new focus. With the dis­cov­ery of my MoJo, I look for­ward to blog­ging like I did when I first started blog­ging. Just to write. Write about my thoughts, my fam­ily, and my life. It’s not meant to be excit­ing to every­one that passes by. It’s not meant to bring the PR/Marketing gurus into my fold. It’s for me and those who I com­mune with.

A few months ago I felt a peace in my spirit about vol­un­teer­ing again. I had volunteer-burnout from our old church to the point of it being unhealthy. It might be a bit longer before I vol­un­teer at a church but I’m thrilled to no ends to be a part of a great group of ladies at A Woman Inspired. They asked me to be lead mod­er­a­tor for their online com­mu­nity. What a bless­ing and an encour­age­ment it is to know you can go to one place and con­nect with women about shar­ing some­thing so spe­cial in your heart, a prayer request, or even an inter­est­ing read. This forum is full of incred­i­ble women who sup­port and inspire me daily.

*Big deep breath*

So I start…

C’mon 2010…BRING IT.