A cup of celebratory gold-leaf tea for you
2012 was always going to be a big year. It had a circle round it in the ten year calendar of my mind ever since London won the right to host the Olympics back in 2005. And for many years I was involved in that monumental build up… but then I changed track, and ended up here, with a very different 2012 from that which I had imagined. It has been a sparkling, eye opening, special year, so I thought I would write it a letter.
Dear 2012,
You were extraordinary.
You made me slow down, speak up, laugh every day.
You made me move half way round the world, and back again.
You taught me how to make beautiful paper with my own two hands.
You showed me sunrises and sunsets, mountains, sand dunes, ocean, sky.
You introduced me to some amazing new people, and saw me get engaged to my true love.
You were full of adventures, you made me learn and grow, you pushed the boundaries of what I thought I could do.
You surprised me, uplifted me, delighted me.
And you have brought me here to the cusp of 2013, where I have no idea what is going to happen next year, except that I am going to get married, go on a honeymoon, start a new chapter and choose love.
I am grateful for so many of the things, people, experiences, opportunities you presented – please have a word with 2013 so they keep on coming!
Thank you 2012. For everything. I will miss you
Beth
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Wherever you are in the world, whatever year lies behind you, and whatever year lies ahead of you, I wish you a moment of stillness to be thankful, and to choose to make 2013 the year that YOU do what you love.