Reflecting back over the year that’s been really makes you stop and realise just how much we manage to fit into a year! There is the everyday stuff like a years worth of doing dishes, making beds, showering, putting on makeup, and the great everyday stuff like hugging my kids, and waking up every morning with the man I love. But when I think about it a lot has happened this year. Here is a list of what comes to mind in no particular order.

  • we got our first family pet, followed my more pets, it was an adoption pet frenzy kind of year
  • we holidayed in New South Whales
  • we holidayed in Queensland
  • I did my first promotional work for Big 4 Holiday Parks
  • we sold our home
  • we started building our new home
  • my baby boy started school
  • I watched my daughter April blossom into a happier more confident child
  • Aspen got a part in the school play
  • Aspen got chosen to be the guest performer at the schools dance talent night
  • I learnt a lot about myself
  • I finished my first novel
  • I got to watch my beautiful cousin get married
  • my blog has grown so much, and I have met so many amazing people through my blog
  • I watched my dad play at the Australian Open
  • Road trip fun

Of course there were many hardships during the year too

  • Aspen struggled with selling our home
  • my father in laws health hasn’t been great
  • my mother was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease
  • I had some personal emotional low points
  • my hubby was very sick with an infection in his arm
  • April’s kitten died
  • my baby boy started school (this was a high and a low for me)

2015 has had its ups and downs, but I feel good about where we are at! There have been some big changes and moments of tears, there have been laughs and celebrations and most of all there has been love. I have seen some horrors in that have occurred in Australia and in many countries around the world, and I have seen the human spirit rise above hate. I have seen so much love, compassion and beauty and that is what I will hold in my heart as we near 2016. What has your 2015 been like?

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Thank you for all your support this year. One of the greatest surprises this year has been watching my blog following grow, so to all of you who have subscribed I am truly thankful, it has meant more than I can say.

Thanks for joining me, love Mackenzie xx

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Prompts for 11 December 2015

  • Write about your first kiss OR your first kiss with the love of your life.
  • If you could live your biggest dream, no roadblocks, no holds barred, what would that dream consist of?
  • What’s the gutsiest thing you’ve ever done?
  • Reflect back on 2015 – the highs and lows, the good and the not so good, the surprises and changes.
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