I’m still working on my words for 2026 because my year has not been off to a great start. Declaring a redo and praying peace, joy, strength, and grace over this season of life. It’s funny I was just saying to a friend a few months ago that life has been so so sweet. Like almost too good….. I was starting to get nervous. Sure enough the mountain top ended & I plunged head first into a deep valley in December. 3 ER visits, alot of sickness, emergency surgery on our dog, cancelled Christmas, disappointment and anxieties. But the one thing that keeps me hopeful is that I have never clung to Jesus more. This has kept me on my knees daily asking God for strength and I think life was so good I was forgetting to lean on him for all things. Not just when it’s difficult but for ALL things, even when it’s good. It takes things being stripped from us like our health & our mental state in order for us to realize crap “I need Jesus” I can’t do this on my own. And that’s where I’ve been the past month. I’ve started a prayer and scripture wall in my office where I’m surrendering everything. Declaring restoration over this past season / valley I’ve been walking through and I’ll take what I’ve learned into the next mountain top. If it was always perfect we wouldn’t need Jesus. The word that keeps coming to mind for 2026 is relish. To enjoy greatly. All things. The good and the bad. To relish in God’s love and believe in his favor. So here is to relishing in all the things I love (sunshine, coffee, friends, conversations, good food, travel) and believing for GOODNESS and FAVOR in 2026.