letting go + completion of 2015

Happy New Year 2016!
Hope you had a wonderful last day of 2015.

There is something so ripe and wonderful
about the intensity + magic
of the holidays,
the closing of 365 days,
and the beginning 
of a whole new
525,600 minutes

With the door to 2015 closing,
and the door to 2016
cracking open wide 
before us,
here's some of my favorite ways
to reflect on what was
and to create what we want to be.

New Year's Eve Letting Go Tradition
This is the 3rd NYE's where 
my son and I capture
all that we want to let go of
from that year.
The first year we did it in 2013,
was a hard year.
I was shocked at how much
my then 5 year old got into yelling out
all the painful moments from the 
past year.
And me too.
It was amazing.
A release and a closing.

Last year, I was really tired.
We kind of just went through the motions
of the traditions.
That happens sometimes.
I was happy I did it at all.

This year was cool.
My son and I wrote down
general ideas
to let go of.
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He started with,
"When you yell at me,
and I yell back."
Nice, let's let that go.
(Children, by the way
l-o-v-e to tell their parents
how they messed up
--and speaking of wrong-goings
and mistakes aloud
helps young brains integrate
challenging experiences)

We added in anger and arguing.
I added
feeling afraid + doubting myself.
And we were done.
Into the fire it went.
With a gusto.
A feeling of completion
and letting go
what holds us back.
In 5 sweet minutes.

After bedtime,
I did Christina Morassi's
Completion Ritual
which is a ton of fun,
and a great way to
get clarity on 2015
to step fully into 2016.

And this weekend--
after years of seeing
this idea 
popping up on Facebook--
we're going to do it.
Jar, paper, happy memories.
What could be easier?

Wishing you ease in the New Year,
letting go of the old, 
and the creation of many happy memories
for 2016!
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