January 1, 2013

Being today is the first day of the year, a time for new beginnings and fresh starts, Grab your journal and open to your first page and journal your first impression of 2013.

the first thing you see, the first person you see, the first thing you experience

Whatever your first is, document it in your journal. paint it, draw it, describe it, take a photo of it. However you experience your first moments, your first day of 2013.

I started this year out with my new journal that my grandmother gave me for Christmas and started thinking about my first experience of 2013. I wanted to gather my thoughts about my experience and I just let the pen dance through my thoughts. Without much effort at all, I just let it flow and I was happy with my journal entry. I really wanted this to be part of my ArtJournal!I liked that it said everything I wanted to say ans everything that I was experiencing as we rang in 2013 so I scanned my entry and printed it out on photo paper. I decided that The meaning was there and I didn't need to go overboard so I decided to keep this one quite simple.  I also printed the picture that my husband sent me of himself in the dining area of the ship he is on next to their Christmas tree they set up for the crew. This is the only picture I have seen of him since he left right after Thanksgiving.  I know I am Blessed in so many ways but i cannot believe how lucky i am to have such a great supportive guy in my life that I am fortunate enough to call my best friend and my husband at the same time. He makes me so happy, even when we don't get to see each other for weeks at a time. 

Both of my sisters are military wives who have been through deployment of their husbands and I do now have a completely new appreciation of everything they had to go through trying to make it work and being so far apart and not knowing if you would get a chance to talk for awhile. 

This is my first impression of the new year and I couldn't have wished it any better.

Welcome 2013 Our BEST year yet!

Thank you all,

Valerie Boggs

The Merchant Mermaid

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