Hello family! I really hope you all had a blessed and healthy Christmas season!  At my house, we spent a quiet Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at home, as my son came down with the Christmas curse (said totally tongue in cheek, I don’t believe that lol).

He developed an ear infection that landed us at his doctor on Christmas Eve morning and also his neurologist (he is nonverbal -autism) shortly before that.

However it was a great reminder that Jesus is the reason for the season and we should totally be focused on Him and His first coming anyway.

I’m really hopeful for a healthier (and much more stress-free) year in 2026.  With that in mind, I’m happy to report that his last seizure, which was the source of much stress, was almost a year ago in January.  Twenty twenty five found us trying to find the right medication for him that he could tolerate well, and then that he could pull out of the side effects of (the third medication).  The first six months of last year was battling that and watching him sit with both hands held up while he stared downward unless he was engaged somehow.  His own sweet personality started returning in July, which I have praised the Lord for repeatedly 🙂

With that struggle in mind, as well as other issues, I felt led to have our theme for January, 2026 be, “Let Go!”, reminding us all to strive (with the Holy Spirit’s help, of course) to let go of all that has been holding us down or back in previous years.  I hope we can all glean much toward this in applying these scriptures to our lives.

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I’m so thankful that so many of you are enjoying and spiritually benefiting from these monthly scripture writing plans! I love putting them together for you knowing that you find them useful and uplifting! Use these passages to write out the scriptures and grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! Click on the image below to pull up the full-sized PDF file for printing –>

I usually print these out on 28 pound white paper (or 32 pound paper is even better) and just stick them right into my planner or journal. The heavier the paper, the less chance it will tear out of your binder or planner by accident and helps resist bleeding or ghosting from your pens or markers. It helps the page turn easier too.

For planner stickers, etc:  If you choose to print these out on full-size (letter) sticker paper. I use these here. They’re priced great and you can write on them easily. They are good enough quality for my needs. If you want a top-quality sticker paper look for these or clear vinyl ones here. (Though not all pens or markers will write well on the clear ones). If you don’t want to use sticker paper, you can print them on card stock or regular printer paper and glue them down. Honestly, the sticker paper is the most economical  way, however for everyday planning stickers. Regardless of the type.

Going through a lot of ink printing out planner stickers? Do like I did and enlist in the HP Instant Ink program! I’ve saved so much money on ink since I did several years ago. They have different plans, but the one I’m in is the plan that lets me print up to 300 pages worth of ink for just over $11 per month. That’s regardless of the amount of ink on the page.  I love printing out pictures on photo paper.  I fit 4 4×6-inch photos on one sheet of photo paper.  Imagine the amount of photos you can print at four pages per one page and the cost is the same for a full page of photo ink as it is for one dot.  It goes by the page, not the amount of ink!  You can choose lesser pages for a lower rate, but I do a lot of printing between coupons, planner stickers and other things. Click on the image here to check it out! –>