As I Reflect on 2024

Spending some time alone this last morning of 2024.

As I reflect on this year, I have had some high highs and low lows. Some days felt impossible. Some days felt as though my mental health had healed. While it’s sad when I realize my brain still struggles some times, my therapist reminds me to be grateful for the days when I feel healed. Embrace those days. They do happen a lot more often than they used to, so that’s huge. I’ve come so far and gone through a lot. God’s faithfulness in all of it is a huge reason that I keep putting one foot in front of the other.

I’m ending this year with all of my dreams coming true (in no specific order):

• Living in Colorado. It’s so amazing and beautiful here. We can adventure whenever we want (which we plan to do more of in 2025).
• Having so many needed resources for our health close by.
• Being in a better financial situation.
• Living in a beautiful home on an acre! This house is so perfect for our family.
• Having an amazing community who loves our family so well. We have made friends here who are family in such a short time. God orchestrated all of that.
• Being able to work part time in a very flexible way. Doing new, hard things for a job (rec!).
• My kids being able to work where we live.
• Homeschooling the boys.
• Karis doing well in college and slowly learning how to adult despite her challenges (autism and adhd).
• Being at a healthy weight and being healthy over all which includes finally gaining the consistency I’ve been working towards for years.
• Learning that consistency is NOT perfection which makes it possible.
• Having my adhd treated which makes the consistency possible.
• Finding a church that is so solid and has taught me so much.
• Gaining some balance in life while maintaining the things that are important to me.
• Learning what is truly important to me and living that out.
• Mental, emotional, and spiritual growth in my family.
• An amazing marriage with my hubby of 21 years.
• Healing, realizing my part in past broken relationships, learning to set appropriate boundaries, and growing in ways I never thought was possible. This hurts also, but it’s worth the work. 🤍