Saying Goodbye to 2011
This New Year we’ve introduced a ritual that I hope will become a family tradition. It was inspired by Pixie Cambell and her mother of all releasing ceremony. It was meant to be done for Solstice, but we didn’t learn of it until a day later. This year we created little fabric bundles, in which we put little pieces of paper containing the things that we didn’t want to take with us into the new year. Then we burnt them in the fire.
Such a simple little act and the whole family joined in happily and easily. I thought it may be difficult for some of them to to think of things to write, but it seemed to come to everyone with relative ease. Just goes to show really, we all have something within us that we’d rather not carry around. No matter how big or small that something is, I don’t think its healthy to burden ourselves with it, especially if it stops us from moving forward.
It was lovely to do this together for the first time, all cosied up in the living room with the log burner…..but next year, it would be nice to do this out doors with other family and friends. If only the weather were a bit more reliable.
Now that the unburdening has happened….. Its time for celebration and PARTAY! 
Hope you have a wonderfully healthy and happy New Year!
