Oh, 2023.
It has been a while — for me to write and update this blog, or even to reflect on things (LOL). I don’t even know where to start.
By the looks of it, I’ve been posting bi-annually for the past two years! Sometimes, I even ask myself why I still keep this blog when the “in” thing these days is vlogs, reels, and whatnot.
Then I’m reminded it’s because I don’t keep this blog for fame or likes; I started this blog in 2009 (it has been through several “revamps”) because I love writing and I believe that’s a gift entrusted to me by God to hone and share to the world.
So yes, I may not have been writing like I used to , but I’d like to think of that as my pause. After all, I’ve been through a lot since the pandemic. We all have been.
This coming 2024, I want to take baby steps again in being consistent. From my fitness journey to my writing skills, that’s the word I want to focus on: CONSISTENCY.
But before that, I’d like to look back on 2023 and reminisce on the blessings despite the challenges it has come with.
2023 has been a year of HEALING — healing from our first (and hopefully last) pregnancy loss in late 2022, healing from all the remaining brokenness that still lingers despite all efforts. After all, we live in a broken world and as my daily prayer states, I may not get complete healing in this lifetime but I believe that God’s healing love is what keeps me going.
If 2023 was also the year you took time to heal or if you’ve hit the pause button even way before, know that you’re not alone. We’re here and we survived! That’s a BIG DEAL, so let’s give ourselves our deserved pats on our backs! 🙂
I pray that this coming new year, though, we get the courage to finally start again… or maybe CONTINUE what has already been started.
So here’s to 2023! And on to blessed and exciting two. zero. two. four!
Happy New Year!!! #2024 😉
TO GOD BE THE GLORY ALWAYS AND FOREVER!
❤
“You crown the year with your bounty;
your wagon tracks overflow with richness.”
-Psalm 65:11
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