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I have to be upfront and tell you this was kinda difficult for me to come up with a Word of the year post for Layla's party.

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In fact, I was just going to skip it, because I started to over think it, and that is Never a good thing for me.

Then one day while snapping pictures of a recent project {DIY Coffee wreath} I just completed, the word popped in my head.

Confidence!~

• CONFIDENCE (noun)
The noun CONFIDENCE has 5 senses:

1. freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
2. a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
3. a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable
4. a trustful relationship
5. a secret that is confided or entrusted to another

Familiarity information: CONFIDENCE used as a noun is common.

You see the term confidence can mean several things. For me, it was number 1 that rang true in my head. As stupid as this may sound, I never thought I could make one of those cute coffee filter wreaths. That is why it has taken me this long to even try. As simple as it was!~ I mean seriously I have tackled bigger projects than that little thing.

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I started my blog for most of the same reasons y'all did. I did not start blogging on my own whim though. I was encouraged strongly by many women on the decorating site RMS. You see, they gave me the confidence that I needed!

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Some things I have shared have been miserable failures! I have shared, and you too have laughed with me, not AT me. Well maybe secretly you have, but hey I don't know that!

When I first started blogging.....
I was not confident in knowing much! How to join parties, how to link back, how to even create a good post or take nice pictures. You know, all those fun things that go along with blogging! I was determined to get it right sooner or later and not give up. I still by no means have gotten it right, but I am improving along the way. My confidence is building.
Oh, and believe me, there was no where to turn when I was trying. I knew not a soul along with me in the blogging community, and really had very little confidence to even go ask, someone I had perhaps admired. Fear of rejection I suppose. I wanted to learn, and I wanted to grow, I became Confident that I could do it.

You see I am not the best of the best at what I do and what I share! But I am confident, I can learn, grow and be better each time. Many of you have been my greatest cheerleaders, and I can't thank you enough for taking this journey along with me.

I can only hope I have instilled and taught my boys these tools in life. It is essential to have confidence in yourself in order to succeed. One of the biggest regrets in life, can be regret of not trying.