Friday, August 1, 2014

Happiness

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Where do the days go?  Hard to believe it’s the first day of August already—what a full summer it’s been!
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I so enjoyed getting back up into my craft room this week to relax & make some messes…so good to feel inky, gluey & painty again!
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With all the busy-ness of the summer, it’s good to sit back, relax & take stock of all the good I have been given--all the wonderfulness of life. 

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And I am happy…

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And oh, so very grateful for it all.

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Wishing you many quiet, joy-filled moments…

Julie

Friday, July 4, 2014

The Red, White & Blue

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I’ve always loved my country.  Always been grateful for the freedoms that we have.

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I felt a deepening of that love and gratitude after a trip to Washington D.C. just a couple of months ago.  A feeling that I don’t want to lose.  Ever……

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How grateful we should be.  Each and every single day—for the freedom we have to live as we choose….and for those who have fought and died to allow us that liberty.

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We are so very, very blessed…….

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Wishing you all a Happy Fourth!

Julie

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Revealed

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I love what journaling reveals to me about….me.

Sometimes you just never know, when you first put pen to page, what’s going to emerge.  It’s really very interesting--

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Sometimes a thought or two are already in your head—sometimes a thought or two originally penned by a much wiser someone else, but out it comes—committed to paper…and you learn something from it.

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I also find it interesting what I choose to put with those words.  The images reveal quite a bit about us, as well, I think…how we are, how we were—how we would like to be…

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And sometimes what gets revealed is the little girl inside of us, just itching to come out and play with paint and paper…just to see what she looks like.

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Wishing you lots of wonderful revelations today…

Julie