With An Angel On My Shoulder: Word of the Year 2012

The Poem That Inspired My Subtitle

A Song for Daniel, Stillborn
by Jean Felice Eilbert (his mother)

When I held you in my arms that day
Born so still, born anyway
How was I to know to say goodbye?
No one knew just what to do
Except tell me I'd get over you
As if forgetting makes it all untrue -- a lie

But I remember to remember
I can't forget just to forget
Your memories are a part of me
Connecting me to what comes next.

And even after all this while
I think of you, sometimes I smile
Memories of my unknown child, fade slow.
I've held you in my heart each day
Life so short, life anyway
Memories are meant to say hello.

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Word of the Year 2012 - Year End Report

I took a spontaneous trip to end the year 2012, so this report is a bit late.

I'm afraid that EMERGE did not work for me as other Words of the Year have. I found Emerge to be too much of an end result and it didn't quite motivate me in the way my past words did.

I'm slightly disappointed, but still determined to continue with the Word of the Year. Let's hope for a better 2013.

Past Words of the Year