One Little Word.
Saturday, January 1, 2011 at 11:20AM For the last four years, I've joined Ali Edwards and hoards of scrapbookers around the world in selecting a single word to focus on throughout the year. In 2007, I chose create...(click on the layouts to enlarge)...
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In 2008, I chose small...
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In 2009, it was be. I chose it for its versatility and didn't really make a single layout. Instead, that year, I made my Lists of Me album. (In retrospect, my word that year probably should have been "list," lol.)
Last year, it was home...
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For 2011, my word is QUOTE. Yes, I know it seems like cheating. ;) In trying to find a single word, though, I kept coming back to a number of quotes that I liked and wanted to incorporate. So many quotes that I'm in love with right now. :) But, being my indecisive self, I couldn't find any one word that conveyed the varied ideas I wanted to embrace.
So. QUOTE.
This way, I'll be able to consider different quotes throughout the year. I'm thinking, actually, that I'd like to create an album of quotes...maybe a quote each week with my thoughts on that quote...advice to my boys. I'll share them here as I can. I haven't made the first layout yet, but the first quote for 2011 is this:
"No great thing is created suddenly."
-Epictetus (a Greek philosopher A.D. 55-135)
Yup. Gonna start out working on patience...remembering that there's plenty of time to train up these boys to be the men I want them to be. ;) How about you? Do you have a word for 2011?
(And, by the way, happy new year!)
Reader Comments (1)
It has been so fun to see how you & the girls have chosen & incorporated your words over the last few years. I like your word this year. I look forward to seeing how this word plays out this year for you. By the way, do you realize today is the first day of a new decade? XOXO