a fresh start | January 2013

today is the first day of a new year, 2013. that number seems so strange to write. This is rather cliche` but this year flew by.  It seems like just a couple of nights ago, I sat up waiting and watching the clock till it turned 12:00. 

this past year I have learned so much. my life was flipped upside down in so many ways. 

but, God has been so faithful! I have never felt so alive, and happy, and just blessed.

I can't describe how very blessed I feel, but I do not have a perfect life. 

I make mistakes, I have problems, I cry, and sometimes I feel as if I can't go on anymore. but, I am still so very blessed. I have my family, and my church. I am surrounded by the best friends in the world. and I have Jesus!

I will not be doing a 102 list this year. I want to still make goal lists, but I want to write them as monthly lists instead of an entire year.

last year, my word for the year was HOPE. and it is really amazing how that all played into God's plan. I did have a lot of HOPE through the year! 

but this year I was thinking about what word I was going to choose, and one day I was scrolling through Tumblr. and I saw this word. and it just struck me. so, my word for 2013 is:

this is who I want to be know as. I want to love life, and live it to the very extreme. 

and I will not be doing a 102 list this year. I will still make a goal list, but I want to write them as monthly lists instead of an entire year. 

lately, I've been feeling like my life is so cluttered. I have a lot of good things that are going on in my life, but I don't feel organized and I just need to clean up all the clutter in my life. and that is what I am planning to do for the month of January. today, I signed out of my polyvore and pintrest. I am going to try to go off of sugar for the month of January. these are just a few little things I want to just take time away from, they aren't bad things, but far not. but I just need to take a little break. 

I want to focus on spending more time with God, reading more, writing more often, and growing in my photography. I will, however, be posting on here. and I want to be more real. It is so easy to paint a picture of the life you wish you had all the time, when you have the internet to hide behind; but I don't ever want to do that, because my life was designed by God. He has a plan for every moment, every little mistake or blessing is all part of his final plan.

[typography and photo by yours truly]

so, here is to 2013.

may it really be the best year yet!

xxx. 

marcia

p.s. I want to especially thank you guys for sticking with me on this journey! you guys really are amazing and all your sweet comments really make my day!