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What I’m Carrying Forward - 2026 Edition

Welcome to 2026!  I am so thankful to be here - with you. We made it! Source Going forward, this will be part of my yearly reflection series- an intentional pause to look back at the year that shaped me, acknowledge what it taught me, and decide what I’m carrying forward into the next one. In the final days of 2025, I spent a lot of time on Instagram, scrolling through posts, reels, and carousels. I found many of them to be inspirational, comforting, and sometimes just goofy. One phrase kept showing up: “2025 stretched me.” By the time I saw the tenth person say it, I paused. What was it about the year that made so many of us say the same thing? I say “us” because I felt the stretch too. In fact, 2025 was more than a stretch. It redefined me. It humbled me. It disciplined me. It brought me to my knees. If that isn’t stretching, I’m not sure what is. That stretching forced me to look inward and confront the truth about myself: my strengths, my shortcomings, what makes me un...