Ann Voskamp

Why This is Your Year That Things Turn Around (The Great Turn Around Series: Chapter 1)

Why This is Your Year That Things Turn Around (The Great Turn Around Series: Chapter 1)

Friday, January 2, 2026
When you’re on the third day of blizzarding that’s got your local main highway closed for, yep, the third day, and now they’re calling for more snow coming, as we ring in the new year, the whole bunch of you can’t help but think: “When is this all finally going to turn around?” The Christmas tree’s still up and twinkling bravely on here. The house is still chock-full of kids and family come home for Christmas, and the stovetop’s still keeping the big pots of soup simmering on. A rotation of games keeps the invitations for more to come to the table for yet another rowdy round. I’ve still got the candles lit in the middle of the table, in the middle of these 12 days of Christmas. We’re still singing Christmas carols after every meal. The calendar year is freshly turned, and, yeah, honestly, right about now, wherever we are, who doesn’t need all the things to turn around? For the weather to turn around, for the news to turn around, for all the things to turn around this coming new year.  For this habit and those numbers to finally take a turn. For that hard, tender relationship to […]