<a href="http://writingtosanity.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/family2_reading.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3787" style="margin: 8px;" title="family reading togehter" src="http://writingtosanity.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/family2_reading-300x199.jpg" alt="picture of a family reading together" width="300" height="199" /></a>How are you spending the first few days of the new year? I'm over at <a title="Mom It Forward" href="http://momitforward.com/" target="_blank">Mom It Forward</a> with my first post of 2012 where I explain how I'll be spending my time. Here's an excerpt:
<blockquote>I tend to avoid making “resolutions” at the start of every new year. Instead, I choose one word that will have meaning for me throughout the year. During 2011, the word has been “ENGAGE.” I chose this word to remind myself that it’s okay to step out of my comfort zone and engage with people I might not normally have engaged, to overcome the fear that I have nothing to offer another person, especially when I perceive that person is successful in some way. Also, it reminded me to be more present with my children.

I’ve decided to do more than just this in 2012. In addition to my “as-yet-unannounced” keyword for 2012, I’ve compiled three ways that I want to begin the new year with my family.</blockquote>
<a href="http://momitforward.com/family-togetherness-3-ways-to-bring-your-family-closer-together" target="_blank">Read more here</a>.