I’ve never chosen a word to define how I would approach my New Year before.  I’ve always picked on a few resolutions that I thought I could maintain throughout the year but they usually fall to the wayside soon after or at least by mid-year.

So this year at the beginning of 2015 I have chosen “Embrace” as defined above.

For me I will start this year with an embrace to change both physical and psychological parts of me.  And by change I mean to handle differently.  I will work on embracing my body and health as they are, I am 51 and with that things are different then I was when I was 31.  In embracing who I am I will also embrace new ways to take care of myself both in eating habits and getting off the couch.

I want to embrace ALL the relationships in my life with my husband, my girls and other family and friends.  Sometimes these relationships are taken for granted and I want to look through and keep the healthy happy relationships.  I want to both physically embrace these people in my life as well as support who they are in my life.

From a parenting perspective I want to embrace the milestones and changes that each of our girls are experiencing.  Embrace their new selves and work with embracing who they are becoming.  I need to embrace these changes and challenge myself to change my parenting style to fit who they are becoming.

I want to embrace our lives together in both a BIG HUG and support who we all are.

I think this is a good challenge for me in these pivotal years of my girls as preadolescent and me as I make my ways through menopause.

I will check in on myself here from time to time to see how in line to my word of the year I am. I do after all have 365 days to embrace my word!

Have you chosen a word for yourself for 2015?  Please share if you have.