I happened upon this word when I was reading Marmee by Sarah Miller. This is a wonderful imagining of the Little Women story from Marmee's point of view. Marmee has always been my most favorite of the Little Women characters (though I really do love them all!) and if I am being honest it's really wild to me to think that I did not choose "Marmee" for my mama name back when Grace was a newborn.
In this book, Marmee spends a lot of time working with, and supporting, the Hummel family. One of the things she does is help Mrs. Hummel learn to speak English, and in turn Mrs. Hummel teaches Marmee to speak German. During one of their visits the word geborgenheit was taught. To be sure that I was reading this word correctly I consulted Google Translate. Between the explanation in the story and the the definition that Google shared (picture above) I knew that I needed to propose this word as our watchword for the year when we gathered on New Year's Eve to choose our word and set our intentions for 2026. Dave and the girls loved it and agreed that it was the perfect choice! It is out hope that geborgenheit will be in abundance for all of humanity this year. xo
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