hey, 2019!


all of a sudden, it's an entire new year! 

the past few weeks have been super crazy, and i have so much to catch up on here on my blog. but today i decided i need to stop and take some time to reflect on the year passed and the year ahead. i always feel really grateful for new beginnings, and january is always a fantastic opportunity to practice improving.

here's a few things i hope for in two thousand nineteen:

-my "word" for the year is easy. i want to focus on being more easy-going, being easy to be married to and friends with, and just approaching things with an attitude of easy rather than hard. i'll probably blog more about this another time :) 
-start every single day with a prayer. before anything else. 
-read ten books. i think making time for reading, which i've been sooo bad at the past few years, will improve my life in several different ways. 
-run the stockholm marathon (i really just want to finish, but i'd be super pumped if i ran it in less than four hours). 
-rebrand my blog!
-actively work to deepen friendships and to consistently serve others in a meaningful way. i plan to check in on this at the end of each week. 
-strict adherence to this new policy: no phones in the bedroom. this will help me begin and end each day away from a screen! i also recently installed a little bracket that holds my phone right by our front door, and i want to leave it in there at pretty much all times. 
-spend one nap time per week working on making family photo books. this was a christmas gift i gave to ian. 

i'm looking forward to this bright new year with fond anticipation like the woman in the painting above ... and anticipate 2019 will look a lot like the painting below (but with little boys instead of little girls!).
(artwork by caitlin connolly. every single time i visit her website i am seriously so moved by her work.)


i feel so very blessed looking back at 2018, and so very excited looking forward to 2019. i'm glad i get to share every year with these three beloved boys:


happy new year!

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  1. Hi Charity, happy 2019 for you and your family!
    I'm sorry to ask you this here, but I didn't know how to contact you otherwise. When would you recommend a short trip to London if you had to choose between mid-August and early November? And, if possible, could you also tell me why? We're trying to plan our holidays for 2019 and I'd love some tips. Thanks in advance.

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    1. hi there! don't apologize, i am always happy to answer questions in the comments section. i would say early november. less tourists/crowds, probably not too cold yet (you may hit a weird heat wave in august, and in a city not at all equipped for heat, it's kind of miserable), christmas decorations will be up, and the foliage will be beautiful!

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  2. I love the idea of the bracket on the wall. I explained that I wanted something similar to my husband and he said, "So what your saying is....you want a cell phone, but you want it to be wall mounted....would you like it on a curly cord too?" :) I love that you are honest with how you are trying to live in balance with technology. I keep giving myself rules to abide and then I find ways to break them. (Darn it!) Happy New Year!

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    1. ha! a curly cord would be awesome. i do take the phone out when i leave the flat ;)

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