As you can seem this is starting out a little reflective, but it's how I get (usually) the beginning of a new year. I have given up on resolutions (whats the point?!?) but I do try to set some goals for myself in a more meaningful way. I want to do better and be better in my daily life and interactions with family and friends. I want to handle challenges with strength and determination and not buckle under the weight of them, at times. I want to be present in all that I do and more focused. I am working on that with my new planner - building in tasks that I can complete and being careful not to set myself up for failure. I am looking ahead to each month and picking one task that I can complete (like deep cleaning i.e. purging excess in one room each month). If I look at it monthly, it's not so overwhelming and it doesn't stop me before I get started. I am learning.
And I realize, even at the age of 65, I am still a work in progress and I hope I will always be as that keeps me going. And the older I get, the more I want time with family and friends. I want to cherish every moment and take it all in. I want to be the best me that I can. Staying focused will help with that.
I am as committed as ever to card making, cooking, baking and learning new things. I love the challenges and gently pushing myself out of my comfort zone. So I hope to share more that will motivate you to venture out of your comfort zone too as that can be so scary and so exciting and fulfilling at the same time!
Enough about me and my thoughts...........as this post is also about beginning anew. A year ago Friday, my daughter in law lost her beautiful, strong and vibrant sister, Darcy, to that awful disease - cancer. It has been a tough year, but she and Scott have managed to embrace the present and move into the future with renewed hope and love (and with baby #2 on the way, that helps).
I knew Friday was going to be a difficult day, so I wanted to send her a special card to convey how much I love her and am thinking of her.
Megan loves lilies so I wanted to incorporate them in the card. This embossing folder seemed the perfect solution. I gently went over the image in several colors of embossing mouse (gilding wax might have been better but I was temporarily without it) so I did the next best thing.
I foiled the sentiment on vellum and love how that came out.
And I added one little embellishment - see the tiny gold ladybug on the lily? Before Darcy passed, she told Megan to share with her daughter and Carter, that whenever they saw a ladybug, that was Darcy looking over them. So I wanted to add a special ladybug to this card as a special tribute to Darcy.
So hard to believe a whole year has gone by.
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