I love the beginning of a new year. It's like buying yourself a fresh notebook - crisp, white, brand new pages, just waiting for you to write what you will. And with the beginning of a new year, comes resolutions. I stopped making resolutions last year. I...

My beautiful friend Chris pointed me to Ali's blog and the idea of One Little Word. It struck a chord, and I thought about it off and on all that day. What would my word be for 2010? I love words. You come to my house,...