Wish

Happy New Year!

We all have wishes

and hopes for the new year -

so many they could fill a tree

or a river

or an ocean, maybe.

So I asked members of Puddle Jump Collective

to give me one word to wish -

for the new year,

for themselves,

for you.

This is like one of those party games:

"If you could be any color, what would you be?"

I'm kind of a rule messer-upper.

"What color would I be? Naples Yellow! No, no, no, wait, er..Apple Green! Em...Periwinkle." "Hang on..ooh, definitely Delft Blue! Yep, Nope! Apricot?"

Ergo, "Pick one word to wish for the new year" is a little tricky.

Because, really, I'd like to think we deserve more than one wish, right?

And there are so many great wish words out there!

like

magnanimousness.

and fiber.

and heartstrong.

glow.

windfalls.

courage.

delight.

but there I go breaking the rules of the party game again.

So, here are a few one-word wishes

from us

to you

as we ease our toes

into the swift river of 2017

Peace.

From Lorian Tu-Dean.

Friendship.

From Christina Brown.

Adoptions.

From Sharon Sordo.

Kindness.

From Tarsila Kruse

Strength.

From Katie Carberry.

Fruitful.

From Lynnor Bontigao.

Love.

From Faith Pray.

It's 2017 -

Let's make it beautiful!