{J O Y} 2014

Last year, I came up with my word of the year. A word to think about all year long, a word that was always tucked away in my brain.
SAVOR

I sure did savor the heck out of 2013. It was the year of...

ACTs

Family time in Hawaii

My last first day of high school

EUROPE

College applications,

and college acceptances

Prom

XC 

Cat dissections

Cadaver labs

Exuberant Christmas spirit

My best yet GPA

Great holiday parties

Spring break sledding

Wisdom teeth

Girls Camp

Very late nights with best friends

The beginning of video making

       ...and much, much more

Each year brings us that new slate that we have learned to value and look at as a fresh start. I have never felt so anxious for a new year than 2014. This is my year of change. More change than I feel ready to handle is coming my way, but through it all I don't want to change who I really am. A girl who loves...

Clothes. Lots and lots of them.

Lemonberry slushes

Christmas

Europe

Music

Reading

Old bookstores

Babies

Statement jewelry

Ice skating

Running (downhill specifically;)

Matching pajamas

Button downs

Ryan Gosling

Boots, whether they be riding or rain

Blogs

Italian food

Grey days

Antatomy

Netflix

...and a whole lot of other things.

I want to stay me, and get through the changes with a smile on my face. I want to see the joy in it all.

So my word for 2 0 1 4 is...

I know it's going to be a fun year. I would say it's going to be a hard year because of all the unknowns that come with change, but there is also joy in the surprises of the unknown.  The best is yet to come.

xo
Hannah