Happy Happy New Year everyone, may 2011 be a year filled with immense happiness, fabulous health, magic, love, light, adventure and fulfilment for you all. May it be one in which you achieve many of your dreams.
When my family were here at Christmas my sister, mum and i wrote down all of the things that we were grateful for and that had been significant for us in 2010 and then we wrote down all of things that we would like to bring forth in 2011. It was an interesting exercise because i had previously felt that i hadn't achieved anything last year, but i was wrong, there were a few very important things and events that had shaped me. For this year there weren't many things on my list, but nevertheless more things keep being added and i realise that i have many more goals than i initially thought. This year, infact in a few days, i hope to hold my new baby. This is infact one of the most significant things for me this year and there are signs that he is on his way, but who knows when he will actually make an appearance. It is a good lesson in trust and patience, but i am never good at waiting for things and i am so excited to see him for the first time and to see how i cope with labour a second time around. Luckily i have a fabulous natural birth unit lined up where i hope to have the baby. I feel completely safe there and i know that it is the right choice for us.
We had a very happy christmas with all of my family here for a week and my husbands family joining us for the 24th december when the main celebrations in Norway occur. It was wonderful to be hosting Christmas, and as it turned out New Year's Eve too, for the first time, trying our hand at the various family traditions and making up some new ones along the way. The most important thing was just being together, but it was an enormous amount of fun too and i would love to do it all again!
My sister sent me
Kate Perry's Firework song when she got back to the UK, which i find really inspiring and very appropriate for the new year. It's about showing people what you are worth and that each person is uniquely amazing in their own right. I love the video and the way this is visually portrayed!
The Firework lyrics
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?
Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in?
Do you ever feel already buried deep?
Six feet under screams but no one seems to hear a thing
Do you know that there's still a chance for you
'Cause there's a spark in you?
You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine
Just own the night like the 4th of July
'Cause baby, you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go, oh
As you shoot across the sky
Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go, oh
You're gonna leave 'em falling down
You don't have to feel like a waste of space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow
Maybe you're reason why all the doors are closed
So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will blow
And when it's time, you'll know
You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine
Just own the night like the 4th of July
'Cause baby you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go, oh
As you shoot across the sky
Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go, oh
You're gonna leave 'em falling down
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It's always been inside of you, you, you
And now it's time to let it through
'Cause baby you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go, oh
As you shoot across the sky
Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go, oh
You're gonna leave 'em falling down
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
