Year of Expression
Every time my sister Bess or I declared that we were going to get a hair cut, my dad would invariably say, "I know JUST the style for you!" and he would spread his fingers and fan them over his head in the place of a potential Mohawk. He'd laugh mischievously and we'd chuckle and roll our eyes. While I do not plan to go to such extremes as this photo demonstrates (although the kissing part might be nice), 2012 is now dubbed, "My year of EXPRESSION!" A coworker friend, Jill, and I discussed new year traditions at lunch one day. She found out that I enjoy choosing a spiritual focus or a specific prayer list for the year and suggested I read an article she had discovered. In it, the author recommends choosing a theme for a new year. The idea is to "name" the year, either with specific actions such as Year of taking chances, Year of rest; choosing an animal whose attributes you want to emulate like, Year of the giraffe, or year of the butterfly; o...