One Little Word 2009 & Giveaways

My word for this year is Strength. Strength to face the things I need to change in my life and to have the strength to change them. This is my hope for the new year.
I hope you have a Happy New Year!!!

i'm thinking my word for 2009 will be grateful.
sometimes we all can forget what we have, love and neglect, so i am going to keep grateful in my mind all year long. i do have a lot to be grateful for, i just have to remain conscious of it.

Hi Ali, Happy New Year. What a great choice for your word. My word for 2009 will probably be "choose" in the most optimistic way - I will choose freedom, I will choose to homeschool my sons, I will choose to say "no" to opportunities when they don't match my families' needs.
Having the recent opportunity to spend an entire day in court on jury service, I picked up "the hour I first believed" and am over 1/2 finished with it. Intriguing read...I would love to learn your take on the book so far.
-Lisa

You are awesome...look how people are inspired!
My word is believer. I am a believer in God, in hope, in goodness, in peace,...all the words I thought about choosing but believer will remind to BE what I say I am!

My word is SILENCE.
I want to be still and quiet this year.
I want to allow the Lord to speak to me.
I want to quit filling my time with silly noise.
I want to avoid saying things I shouldn't.
I want to be quick to listen and slow to speak.

My word is ENJOY. I want to really ENJOY life and my family!

My word for 2009 will be...participate.
I am going to be sure to be a participant in life this year. I will be a participating friend, mother, wife, etc...

My word for 2009 is PROGRESS, as in progress, not perfection.
My 2008 word, hope, helped make 2008 a wonderful year. I learned so much, and remembering hope helped to ground me on a daily basis.

My word for 2009 is GROW. What's on my mind for the coming year is continuing to be patient and stay the course with lots of things that aren't "perfect" for me. It's ok to be uncomfortable at times...learning to grow some of my own vegetables, learning to bake bread and can food to put up for my family...learning to rely on seasonal and local food...take in how my little ones are growing so fast...learn to sew a bit, maybe crochet or knit...so much I can do with this one little word...
The jewelry is gorgeous, really like the art, too. Thanks for the chance to win!

My word is PRODUCTIVE....I hope to get lots of things done every day in 2009 and find myself ready for Christmas next December 1....so that I can just sit around and eat bon bons in December instead of rushing around like crazy....I don't know how PRODUCTIVE will look on my necklace, but I'd love to win!

I am still thinking - the year and Fall have been a whirlwind with no time to think (yet many pleasures). Last years was about living simply. This year - something along the lines of peace, though that's not quite it either. I'm going to spend some time reading the comments tomorrow for more ideas and see if anything sticks! If you pull my name (out of all these HA!) please give the giveaway to Barbara up at the top whose word is Hope. I think she needs it more. God Bless. Michelle

EMBRACE
embrace change
new things
life
happiness
accepting and enjoying all that comes my way in 2009!!

my word is kindness. if i can really live that word, my family and home will be so much happier. i really want to embody what kindness is.

Vitality. I think this was your word for 2008? I am striving to be healthy and full of life in 2009, and saw it on a water bottle at the gym today. Perfect. So, vitality it is! Happy new year!

My word for the year is "Dance". To me it not only means to dance, but it also means to learn to love myself and embrace who I am enough to be able to dance and not care who is watching or what others think. I really struggle with my desire to impress others rather to enjoy myself they way that I am. I want to DANCE.

Trust - this is going to be a busy year for us as I go back to work part-time for a few months. I need to trust in God for strength to do all that I need to do.

My word is "BELIEVE"
I will be starting the infertility process this upcoming year... It has been a difficult 2008 to decide your ready to try... only to find out "we have a problem" and will need help to concive.

my word...
POSSIBLE
... "in this lifetime, anything is POSSIBLE

I have been thinking about my word for this year - and I think it will be complete. I have a few things I want to complete this year having to do with work and in my personal scrapbooking life and so I think this is the word for me. I also like thinking of this word in terms of our family - we are complete and working in that into our daily lives.
Have a great new year!

As much as I love your choice of 'Nurture'- and would love to use that as well, I think I need to focus on 'Patience' before I can do anything else. So for me, I am choosing 'Patience'.