2019 goals with Powersheets

I was reading through a list of journaling prompts that were supposed to help me reflect on my year. Most of the questions felt a little silly and didn't seem to lead me to any sort of helpful insight--I was about to click on to the next thing when one particular question caught my eye. "If you could achieve just one thing in your life, what would you want it to be?" I paused. In years past, I might have responded with any number of possible achievements--anything from writing a book to being healthy and fit. But the answer that came to mind--so quickly it was a little surprising--was far less tangible than any of that. I wasn't even sure I could truly label it an achievement, exactly. If I could achieve only one thing in my life, I thought, I want to have nurtured a thriving, holy, happy family that embodies love well in every way.

I'm a stay-at-home-mom, so perhaps that answer isn't all that surprising. But if you know my family history, you also know that achieving this goal means rewriting the whole book. I did not grow up in the kind of family I am envisioning--none of the labels I listed above would have applied to us. I feel like I have grown a lot in the last decade or so, but there are still plenty of things I struggle with as both a person and a parent. Things I don't want my children to struggle with when they themselves are adults. On top of that, I'm human. My husband is human. We have our own unique set of idiosyncrasies that contribute to or detract from our family culture in various ways. In short: getting to that "thriving family" finish line might take a miracle. Still, it's a worthy goal, and it's absolutely the best thing I can envision doing with my life. So how do I get there?