Writing a New Year's Resolution

Each of us bent our heads down to our paper and written while the logs crackled. What was i letting go of? What didn't need to follow me into the new year? I looked around a circle of friends who were pondering the same thing. A couple were writing feverishly whole paragraphs that clearly had a bit of force behind them. Ano er, who'd forgotten to bring a note book and been handed a stack of sticky notes from the junk drawer, wrote one word, folded the sheet in half and sat back in her chair waiting for us all to finish.