To my friends in California, my heart is breaking for you and I am so sorry that you are going through what you are. You are in mine (and so many others) prayers during this unimaginable time.
Happy Friday friends and Happy New Year!! I hope that you have had a lovely and wonderful first few days of this 2025 year! As we approach this second weekend of the 2025 year, I hope that your weekend is full of relaxation and restoration!
I am grateful for this sweet space to spend time with you each day! January in this space is always precious as it will be TWELVE years ago on January 23rd that Caravan Sonnet! I already have tears at so much that has happened, the blessings of this space, and ALL of you over these almost twelve years! I can't wait to celebrate with y'all and look forward to sharing more in the weeks to come!
But for today- here are some of my favorite things from this past week! First of all....
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(1) Doing Something New Everyday of 2025
WOW. WOW. Just WOW. I am honestly speechless y'all.
Friends, when I posted this last week (read HERE) I was hopeful it would encourage someone but the messages and email response has been overwhelming to hear so many of your stories, your heart on this new year, and your inspiring stories of bravery and courage to be showing up in the midst of some very hard things. Thank you for trusting me with your story and I hope that (as I said in the post) that this inspires you in small and big ways to try a first throughout the year.
You can read my vulnerable and honest thoughts about how this came to be HERE!
You can also find more information under the "Lchaim" Tab at the top right of the website and find the entire list of things I am blogging about HERE!
Thank you so much for ALL of your encouragement and if you have any ideas of "firsts" I should add to my list PLEASE leave some thoughts in the comment section or email me!
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I truly hope that this is a beautiful year for you. If you haven't read the post yet click HERE!
One of the things that I wanted to do this year was change my time with the Lord a bit. With my current schedule it was not working as well for me to do an extended time with the Lord in the morning as it used to. I have been burdened this year to spend even more time in prayer and so I wanted to do a small devotional in the morning and then I have been spending increasing amounts of time in prayer in the morning before my day truly starts and on my morning walks. As the day goes on I have put into place some purposeful time to also be doing a different book of the Bible throughout different months this year. I will share more in the coming months, but I started this before the new year started and this has been a HUGE blessing to me.
I am sharing that because I find that a lot of times there is a huge push to have a BIG time with the Lord at one specific or continuous time and in the morning. At different seasons of life that has worked really well for me. If it is working well for you, that is awesome. But if it doesn't work well for you I would encourage you to find a short and encouraging devotional (like the one above) to start your day and then examine your schedule for time throughout or later in the day.
You can find it on Amazon HERE.
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(4) Christmas Break Adventures
It was the sweetest Christmas. A lot of plans changed due to a variety of circumstances, but it was a beautiful time with my mom and I treasured every single moment.
On Monday I shared all about our Winter/Snow Junk Journal Collection that is now live! This collection is inspired by cozy winter days and we are so excited for it!
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Here are just a couple of pictures of this adorable collection!
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You can click HERE to go directly to the shop!
Recently this book (2nd edition was released in 2017) has been selling so quickly and I have been so humbled at the sweet response and love that I have received from it. The most popular comment I receive is "I didn't know you wrote other books than Lyme Disease/Chronic Illness Books" ... and yes I do! *smiles*
December Caravan was written from my heart many years ago and is a collection of personal short stories, encouragement, and inspiration on finding hope in the ordinary moments of life. Here is a snippet from the back cover:
Beginning when her world crumbled after her ex-fiance walked out of their relationship to being diagnosed with several serious health issues, Rebecca shares openly and vulnerably from her heart and life. Covering heartbreak, loss, joy, and hope, December Caravan shares short stories to encourage the weary heart. No matter your circumstance, December Caravan will encourage you to find hope in the tender mercy of grace.
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With Caravan Sonnet turning twelve years old this month I thought it would be fun on Fridays to share some older posts from the blog! One of the things that Caravan Sonnet developed into was a a resource for those looking into cruising around the World.
I shared right before Christmas that I am so excited to announce a beautiful blog collaboration with Viking Cruises again! You can read more HERE!
This was one of my favorite cruises I ever took that cruise was SO special y'all... it was absolutely amazing. We still talk about this trip and all of the precious memories that we made. You can read all about the cruise HERE and mom and I are so excited to go back!
I hope that you have a wonderful Friday and weekend friends! Thank you for making this such an incredible space to come to and connect with every single day. I am so blessed!!
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