January 2025 my best friend and I started a new tradition. We found pins that remind ourselves of the previous year and we exchange them in the calendar new year, to make January more fun.
That weird limbo between xmas and new year always throws people for a loop. And then everyone laments winter, longing for spring.
Well we like each season and want to experience it because that’s a lot of life to waste wishing for something different.
So we now celebrate our new year by exchanging pins, and planning fun outings for winter. A trip to Braums for peppermint ice cream. A trip to Arkansas to visit the hot springs. Staying home on snowy days and resting by the fire. Going to bed with the sun and rising with the sun.
Winter is a time for rest and reflection. Don’t try to force me to make resolutions and plan things right now. I will do that in March, when the earth starts to wake up and the energy changes.
For now, I want to rest and laugh at my pins and reflect on 2024.
Redheaded Jill 
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