It sounds like your 2024 was full of caretaking; I’m sure you were a wonderful blessing to your husband in his final months here, Denise. I’m sorry for all that you’ve been through. Grieving is a consuming thing, so I understand how you may lose patience with yourself as you get through your days. I think choosing to be patient–especially with yourself–is a beautiful goal for 2025, whether it’s your one word or not.

How wonderful that you can see how “Enough” worked through your year, Julie. That’s how I feel about my word “Curiosity.” I think Enough would be a great choice for me too at some point.

Sounds like Thrive was a great choice for you, Debbie! Some years my word fits better than other years, but it never fails to prove helpful in some ways.

I’ll look forward to hearing what your new word will be, Joanne! It’s fun to follow along with other people’s journeys to see how their word plays out.

Oh, I think “joyful laughter” would be a beautiful choice, Maryleigh! I would love to hear some audio of you living it out! 🙂 I go back occasionally to listen to videos I have of my grandson’s joyous laughter from when he was 1 and 2 years old (and now too that he’s 3). It’s such a pure, unforced sound and it never fails to make me smile.

I love how Action bled into your year of Vision. We can’t always force a word to fit our year, so it’s nice when it shows up on its own. 🙂 I chose Uncertainty one year, and it keeps coming back again and again (although I don’t necessary want it to! ha). It sounds like Vision has definitely been a theme of your year with all that you’re doing and seeing happen. I’ll look forward to hearing if you stick with Vision again and how it goes in finding your tribe. That can be a difficult journey, but an important one. I keep thinking I might need to expand my tribe but I haven’t had the energy yet to do it except in small ways (which I’m content with).

Thanks, Natalie. I think I’ve settled now on my new WOTY and I’m excited about it! I’ll reveal it soon.