Category Archives: Christmas and New Year

Year of Contentment 2023

Posted on December 31, 2022 by createthedawn

Contentment keeps coming up for me. I have been choosing to let pressures get in the way instead of caring for my psyche. Winter in Wisconsin is a beautiful and reflective time, a time to choose contentment, hygge, to snuggle … Continue reading →

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Christmas Content

Posted on December 24, 2022 by createthedawn

We made it to Christmas Eve day 2022. Snow and wind of a real winter lends to the holiday feel. No matter how big or small or “me” time your holiday gathering is remember to find moments of contentment. Notice … Continue reading →

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Electric Contentment

Posted on December 15, 2022 by createthedawn

Freezing rain all day. Hard on the deer and drivers but so beautiful on the trees. Big weather energizes me so this excited poem came out of me listening to the wind, hearing the heavy branches crack, and seeing the … Continue reading →

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Year of Grace 2022

Posted on December 31, 2021 by createthedawn

At the closing of each year, looking ahead to the fresh new year, a poem comes to me. For 2022, the poem is Year of Grace. Post this where it will remind you to give yourself and others Grace, Grace … Continue reading →

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Christmas Deer

Posted on December 29, 2021 by createthedawn

A little ditty for the deer. Plus, this photo begged a cute poem. Enjoy and keep the spirit of the holiday going. Christmas Deer Dear deer Christmas Deer Snow deer feast before the storm Jingle hooves Popping heads Full bellies … Continue reading →

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Celebrate with Loved Ones Who Have Passed Through the Veil

Posted on December 25, 2021 by createthedawn

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, welcomed Solstice. Every year I write a Christmas poem. This year it came to me at midnight the night my friend Jane died. The photo is the light I saw. This poem has given me contentment … Continue reading →

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Frost Clean Hope

Posted on January 3, 2021 by createthedawn

For every minute of the new year three days in, we have been immersed in a beautiful frost fog, every surface bejeweled with hoarfrost. I thought this poem was going to be about natures glory and it ended up exploring … Continue reading →

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Year of Freedom 2021

Posted on December 30, 2020 by createthedawn

This year’s theme came out of a Solstice journaling exercise. It lead me to flip my forever struggle for security by empowering myself in freedom. Why did I ever look outside myself for security when I have within me so … Continue reading →

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COVID Christmas 2020

Posted on December 14, 2020 by createthedawn

Merry Christmas to you and yours and to the little good things that come out of bad things like a global pandemic. Love and Joy, Dawn COVID Christmas 2020 A new kind of Christmas.We talk to Grandma on the phoneinstead … Continue reading →

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Year of Breath

Posted on January 1, 2020 by createthedawn

A life and leadership coach friend of mine, Jalene Case, did a release ritual at the winter solstice a couple of weeks ago. For Lent, people give up things/habits in the days leading up to Easter. We “let go” of … Continue reading →

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