So long, farewell 2016 - it's been emotional.

As years go, you've been a rollercoaster and I'm looking forward to having a blank canvas today, day 1 of 365, ready to paint.

Luckily, help is at hand.

My sister Michelle and her husband Craig gifted me this beautiful journal from Kikki K- A Sentence a Day - as they know I'm a sucker for gorgeous stationery. It provides a daily space to capture the little moments that make life big. Each day poses a question to answer - something to reflect on or, as cleverly suggested by Michelle, something to inspire and lead my day down a lovely new path.

So today, the 1 January 2017, is a very sensible place to start in creating my Sentence A Day for the year ahead.

Question:

What is your New Year's Resolution?

Answer:

To be the best Mum to my beautiful son Evan and Wife/Daughter/Sister/Friend/Relative I can be and...

Stop comparing myself to others and be thankful for what I have - the happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything.
Try hard to believe in me and not give myself a hard time - it is impossible to live up to what society and social media deems perfection and also exhausting. My loved one's opinions count for everything and that's it.
Continue to give love unconditionally and see the very best in people (even if it doesn't always feel reciprocated).
Be kind, generous and giving and when the opportunity arises also go somewhere quiet, just me, Vogue and Terry's Chocolate Orange or go for a long run and not feel guilty about it.
Read and read and read and write and write and write.
Try and write A Sentence A Day from now on, and not six... (Promise).