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Rituals and Hopes for a New Year

Rituals and Hopes for a New Year

Parents, what are your year-end (or year beginning) rituals and hopes for 2023?

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Kate Lynch
Jan 03, 2023
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Happy New Year Parents!

This is a quick note to say welcome to all of the new readers here, and to invite you to enjoy a little 2023 collaboration that I contributed to.

Myself and other Mutha Magazine contributing authors were asked:

“As 2022 draws to a close, what are your year-end rituals and hopes for 2023?”

hope marquee signage surrounded by trees
Photo by Ron Smith on Unsplash

Read my ritual and prompts inside the full article here:

MUTHA: Rituals and Hopes for a New Year

I love to share the work of other parent-writers. Below are a few highlights from this collaborative project:

“I plan to light a candle to remind myself and my two children that there is still so much light in the world. We can share our light by being kind to others and passing along the warmth...”

– Sarah Ray

“I’ve interviewed climate scientists, marine biologists, philosophers and psychologists about how mothers might retain hope, or optimism, or not just lose our shit, in a planetary moment when everything feels so bleak… I don’t think your kid or mine will fix any of this, but I hope we all …

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