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« view 26 -- love thursday: new year's eve »

It seems extremely fitting that the last day of the year would fall on Love Thursday.  I'm so grateful for this, because it provides me the perfect opportunity to thank you all, with a very full heart, for coming and visiting me so doggedly, sharing your insight and words of wisdom and encouragement day in and day out.  It's no news that 2009 was a pretty pivotal year for me, and I sincerely do not think I could've made such a drastic change of career and lifestyle without your kind voices urging me on. 

So, thank you.  Two-thousand-ten (twenty-ten?) has all the makings of another really big year for me, what with one book scheduled for publication and a second book proposal up my sleeve; it therefore cheers me greatly to know that I'm going into it with all of you by my side.  And I'm really excited about the prospect of all of us getting to cheer each other on as we polish up our superpowers.  Really, the potentiality of this new year is positively exhilarating.

Happy New Year, everyone.  I'm going to take a few days off to welcome the holiday with my family, but I'll be back on Monday, sharing my words and images as always.  May you celebrate the new year in grand style, stay safe, and I'll see you on the flip side.

Posted on DateThursday, December 31, 2009 at 12:00AM Comment23 Comments

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    Response: Love Thursday: Making Bread
    by Mel at Me, Myself and Other Things on December 31, 2009
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    Response: Love is everything
    at Woulda Coulda Shoulda on December 31, 2009
    For the first time in my life, I have made a sizable, life-changing resolution for the new year. This will be the year I take my health more seriously. Otherwise known as: The year I learn to love or at least tolerate exercise, or die in the attempt. O...

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I love music. So here's my list of the top 100 songs of the last decade.
http://thequeso.com/2009/12/100-best-songs-of-00s.html

(My superpower might be making mixed tapes. Which actually don't even exist anymore. Drat.)

And I love you! Happy New Year, friend! Here's to a year of words that have superpowers!

December 31, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterLaura Mayes

Happy New Year to you. Thanks for all the Love Thursdays in 2009 :)
My Love Thursday post this week is A year of love.

http://sunnydaytodaymama.blogspot.com/2009/12/year-of-love.html

December 31, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterSunnymama

You really are a superhero. 2009 has been so awful for so many people, I am so happy that there are people like you - lovely people that were served well by 2009. May 2010 be better for us all!

December 31, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterKellee

Happy New Year you three :-)

December 31, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterKeyser

Happy New Year to you and your family - I never comment but I read faithfully and I love your blog! Such a bright spot in my day. Have a great weekend!

December 31, 2009 | Unregistered Commenteramanda

Happy New Year to you and your family:)

December 31, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMel

This screams for a place on Love Thursday...it shows how one photographer displayed all the Instax photos he's taken over the course of 2009. It's all about love, looking back on an entire year, and...ooh...fun!

And there's a heart!

http://www.theblogisfound.com/index.cfm?postID=535&fromRSS=1

December 31, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterSarah

Happy Love Thursday and Happy New Year! May have even more love and laughter in the new year.
http://www.elephantsoap.com/2009/12/31/love-thursdays-3/

December 31, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterCindy

A final Love Thursday for me in 2009 and an awareness straight from my heart...

http://giftsofthejourney.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/when-its-not-just-a-turkey-sandwich/

Happy New Year !

December 31, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterElizabeth Harper

Cheers Karen!

Happy Love New Years Thursday

December 31, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRenee
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