Dear world,
I am excited to be alive in you, and I am thankful for another year.
–Charlotte Eriksson
What She Said, January 1: Charlotte Eriksson
What She Said, December 31: Hillary DePiano
Midnight on New Year’s Eve is a unique kind of magic where, just for a moment, the past and the future exist at once in the present. Whether we’re aware of it or not, as we countdown together to it, we’re sharing the burden of our history and committing to the promise of tomorrow. –Hillary DePiano
What She Said, December 30: Anne Frank
What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven’t even happened yet. –Anne Frank
What She Said, December 29: Morgan Harper Nichols
When you start to think of all the things that should have been better this year, remember the mountains and valleys that got you here….Those moments weren’t in vain. You are not the same, you have grown and you are growing….You are wrapped in boundless grace. And things will get better. There is more to you than yesterday. –Morgan Harper Nichols
What She Said, December 28: Maria Robinson
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. –Maria Robinson
What She Said, December 13: Ursula K. Le Guin
Light is the left hand of darkness
and darkness the right hand of light.
Two are one, life and death, lying
together like lovers . . . like hands joined together, like the end and the way. –Ursula K. LeGuin
What She Said, December 12: Octavia Butler
All that you touch
You Change.
All that you Change
Changes you.
The only lasting truth
is Change.
God
is Change.
–Octavia Butler
What She Said, December 11: Shauna Niequist
I don’t want to wait anymore. I choose to believe that there is nothing more sacred or profound than this day. I choose to believe that there may be a thousand big moments embedded in this day, waiting to be discovered like tiny shards of gold. –Shauna Niequist
What She Said, December 10: Barbara Kingsolver
The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. –Barbara Kingsolver
What She Said, December 9: C. J. Cherryh
What we individually deserve isn’t as much as what we collectively merit. –C. J. Cherryh
The Gloria Sirens 