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Hi. I'm Amanda...a happy wife and mom to three awesome guys. We've lived here in Fort Collins for more than 20 years and are proud to call it home. Before moving to CO, I worked at a city attorney's office, making use of my law and Master's degrees from Duke. After settling in Fort Collins, I homeschooled my three (now teenage and older) sons and was delighted to experience music classes, soccer, karate, swim team, archery, Science Olympiad, First Lego League, parkour, and climbing (not all at the same time!). From 2005-10, I was also a contributing editor for a national scrapbooking magazine, authoring a book and a couple of monthly columns. From 2009-10, I founded and ran the Good Grief Blog. I enjoy learning new things, spending time with my family, volunteering with The Matthews House, traveling and indoor rock climbing.

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Wednesday
Jan312018

One little word

DateWednesday, January 31, 2018 at 10:58AM

Yikes. It's the last day of January! Guess I'd better share my one little word for the year and get it on the record. :) 

Without further ado...my word for 2018 is BEYOND. 

Specifically, I want to focus on pushing beyond myself and modeling that to my boys...by volunteering and donating more regularly, by engaging in more random acts of kindness and by exposing myself and my family to more of the world (cultures, perspectives and the like). 

I also want to focus on pushing beyond where we're currently at...by not settling for what's been good enough but instead intentionally seeking better--for myself and in our homeschooling--by pushing beyond our comfort zones. 

(Yes, by the way, I'm aware that 2017's word was push. It still feels relevant. ;) I actually find that most of my past words continue to guide me. Starting back in 2007 (the first year I chose a word), my words have been create, small, be, home, quote, try, build, purpose, lighten, count, push and...now...beyond.)

With all of that in mind, then...here's to 2018!

AuthorAmanda | Comment1 Comment |

Reader Comments (1)

Good choice!

February 1, 2018 | Unregistered CommenterNancy

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