2022 in seconds

I have so many feelings about 2022. It was full of really wonderful moments I want to remember, some of them big and exciting and some being 'just' the day to day mundane. And there were moments I wouldn't want to relive. SO much has happened last year, as with every year, but 2022 seemed to keep me constantly on my toes. There are so many things the year has started to teach me. So many things that further cemented truths I already knew. Lots of things questioned and challenged. 2022 brought big shifts in my life spiritually, emotionally, and of course geographically but I believe that most of these changes are far from over.

As a team we were reviewing the year and where God has been throughout and I remarked that for most people the end of a year brings a sense of closure, a finishing. My year ended with anything but. And though I'm only two days into 2023 it is already proving to pick up where 2022 left off. I used to feel incredibly impatient just waiting for things to end. Not necessarily because I wanted to get to the next thing, but just wanting to be out of the present which inevitably oftentimes lead to a bit homesickness for the past. But the goal of this video project was to help me, if only for a second, be present each day. To look around me and really notice what was happening in and around me. I'm grateful for this video that captured lots of the moments I was smiling through, a few of the moments I cried through, and so many everyday moments I may have eventually forgotten about.

Like I say at the end of the video, thank you to everyone who made that year what it was. Thank you God for standing with me in each day. And thank you to the Kelsea that lived through each of those moments, those days. You brought us to today and I will do my best to get us to tomorrow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaEGoDZT5JQ