Connection

A friend recently asked me "what is your word for 2010?". She wanted to know what I wanted to focus on for the year (and beyond)- much like a New Year's resolution, which I had decided not to "do" this year. For some reason, I haven't been able to shake the question. I have been sitting on it for a few weeks and it finally hit me. The word I felt described what I wanted to focus on this year is "connection". Connection to my kids, now teenagers, my busy husband, and my friends. Connection to my community- local and global. Connection to myself-my creativity, my body, my work. It will be my goal this year to look at those "connections"- how do I make them deeper, why have some "unraveled", what value do they bring me, how do I reconnect. The list goes on.

As part of getting more connected to myself and my global community, today I registered for the an exciting class: Unravellling: Ways of Seeing My Self. It is an e-course which last 8 weeks- taught by Susannah Conway, www.inkonmyfingers.typepad.com, from the UK. Using photography and journaling you dive into where your are, where you have been, and where you want to go. Registration started at 8 am this morning and closed 10 minutes later. I have already heard from one of my new "classmates"- a mom, writer, and Texan!. How cool.

Today I also received a box from Mr. Boddington's Studio, www.mrboddington.com. They have an amazing line of letterpress cards. Great color and design. I have been working on connecting with them for several months and finally started working together recently. Like many of you, I am terrible about sending cards: birthday, thank you, thinking of you, etc. But how fantastic would it be to receive a real card in the mail? Today, as part of my year of "connection" I will send a card to a friend that recently (as Mr. Boddington would say) joined the stroller set.