to the new year.

“Think of the year as a house:
door flung wide in welcome,
threshold swept and waiting,
a graced spaciousness
opening and offering itself
to you...

And may it be
in this house of a year
that the seasons will spin in beauty;
and may it be
in these turning days
that time will spiral with joy.
And may it be
that its rooms will fill
with ordinary grace
and light spill from every window
to welcome the stranger home.”
-Jan Richardson

Here’s to a year of more coffee and good books.
More crawling on the floor building pillow forts and slaying imaginary dragons.
More flickering candles and taking time to breathe.
More deep relationships and laughter.
More wine and chocolate and cheese.
More tears and honesty and love.
More risk and adventure.
More creativity and more hope.
More doing life together and making the world new.
More opening to the mystery and holiness in the cracks of ordinary life.

Here’s to you, 2019. May you be the best yet.