Ever since I read Ali’s aezine newsletter this week, I’ve been thinking (and talking about) what word I could choose for 2007 that would help me leave my incessant “worrying” behind. I have been the family worrier for so many years, that to eliminate it from my life is probably not a realistic goal. But I would love to let a lot of it go. As both of my children can tell you, a lot of it is unnecessary and, perhaps even ridiculous. So the first word that popped to mind was CALM. But this word didn’t prompt action that would help me in reaching a calmer state. My daughter suggested PLAY, commenting that it is easier to do something than to try and be something. Hopefully, playing would bring calm. But that didn’t seem quite right either. Today, I looked through my collection of Making Memory definition stickers. I came upon RELAX: 1. To relase tension 2. to rest from work 3. to be at ease 4. to release physical or mental pressures from oneself, and I knew I had found my word. RELAX, enjoy, read, create, play. . . relax covers a lot of territory. If I relax more, hopefully, I will worry less. It’s a good goal. A page for my scrapbook to come later today. . .