A New Year's Message from Melissa
Dearest Community,
By now, you’ve likely seen the usual New Year messages — invitations to reset, set goals, make resolutions, reinvent ourselves...
And while I love a fresh start as much as anyone, today I'm inviting you to hit pause on the resolutions, and take a moment for reflection — not on what needs to change, but on everything you're already doing right.
The care you give. The patience you've found. The quiet strength you've offered. The traditions you've carried. The meals you've prepared for others — all the simple, beautiful ways you already show up for the people you love (and for yourself, too).
There’s so much talk about what to do better next year. But today, I hope you’ll thank yourself for the woman you've already become.
I’m so grateful to be walking alongside this community of strong, thoughtful women. You remind me—over and over again—that showing up with heart matters.
And, I'd love it if you would share with me in the comments below, some of the things — great and small — that you've done beautifully in this past year.
Here’s to carrying that into whatever comes next.
With love,
Melissa
P.S. Click below to find all the recipes from our New Year's Eve grazing table, and be sure to watch our very special year-in-review video!
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What a beautiful, beautiful video!!!! It so beautifully embodies the spirit among us!!! Thank you, Melissa and Nicole!
Thank you all for the beautiful community that I was lucky to find. I have enjoyed the story that have been shared. It let me return in my mine the time of my childhood going to see my grandparents on the farm. thank you so much for this community.
I am so grateful to be a part of this community. I have enjoyed rewatching Little House on the Prairie and the memories it brought back of my childhood. I lost my sister a few years back and miss her everyday but rewatching this show was like having her in the room with me. Thank you for that.
I have lost many relatives over the last couple of years – my mother through death and my brother through estrangement and running off with my share of the inheritance. He was my only sibling. Although it was a struggle to find meaning and hope afterwards I did find who my true friends are – and had been there all along, plus a cousin I never knew I had. Life is strange and hard, but it is true that when God closes a door he opens a window.
In August I went to my doctor and he suggested that I may need a major surgery if I am not able to get in shape. I started some new medication and also due to getting older found out that I have arthritis in both of my knees. I was referred to an orthopedic doctor who suggested physical therapy and thus started a journey. I also started tracking my activity, food, etc and am now over 90 days doing that.