Happy New Year.

Happy New Year, friends! What a year 2014 has been. At the beginning of every new year I like to take a step back and reflect. Reflect on the past year and how much change my soul has endured in the last 365 days. 2014 has been the year of my life; I became a mother. It is almost too difficult to imagine that anything could ever compare.  How on Earth will any one thing from here on out top the moment I first laid eyes on my daughter?  How will any single day supersede the first day I spent alongside my little family of three? Is there anything that could outweigh the immense amount of love I felt for my husband, my best friend, my daughter's father the first time he held our sweet baby?

2015, you have some big shoes to fill.  Then amidst my reflection I realize that this new year can be better. You see, this year will be a year of many firsts.  My daughter's first birthday; my heart feels it may burst out of my chest at the mere thought of this.  And, how are we to forget that coincidentally my husband and I will be celebrating our first year as parents.  Our first year of sleepless nights, early mornings, and a first year filled with more love than one could ever imagine.

As individuals, my husband and I will each celebrate that inevitable milestone; the dreaded 30th birthday.  When I stop to think of the days ahead, what comes to mind is a fiery urge to be better, to do better.  Be a better wife, a better mother, a better daughter, and a better friend.  I want to love more and hurt less.  Ultimately, what I want is to fill my home with joy and an unlimited amount of love.  Be better, do better.  Sounds so simple, doesn't it? 

This year will be the year of "no excuses".  Here is to a year filled to the brim with happiness; for you, for me, for all of us.  

Xx

renata