Dreaming

Hi again. It's been awhile since my last post and I have a wonderful update....I had a fabulous dream about my mom! Every once in a while she'll appear in my nighttime dream and IN the dream I feel how wonderful that is...then IN my dream I realize she can't be real because she's no longer alive....so I suddenly understand I need to enjoy her as long as she'll "be" there...and that is the moment she would disappear....well, not in the last one!
She stayed in my dream for what seemed like hours (you never really know how long they are) and I knew I had to enjoy her and so I did and she was there for so long that when I awoke I was happy and completely fulfilled with the time I had "spent" with her.

We talked, we laughed, we read a little...we just hung out all over the house and backyard. Wow. There is nothing more I could want. How wonderful.

On the jewelry front, I've got lots of springtime pieces that are packed with color and will make you smile each time you see them. Come on over and dream of spring with me!

I miss my mom

I miss my mom.

I saw something funny on tv and thought how Mom would have appreciated it.
And all of a sudden I ached to be with her, talk with her, hug her, smile and laugh, laugh, laugh with her.

I'm so tired of that ache.
All this year my goal is to work at turning that ache into a smile of a memory.
I'm tired of crying over her.

I just want to laugh and smile when I think of her.
I don't know if my goal can be achieved.
I know that a year working at it might not be enough.

Will it take a lifetime?
I don't know

What I DO know is.....






I miss my mom.

Year of the Dragon

So, 2012 will be the Year of the Dragon on the Chinese calendar that is over 4,000 years old...amazing! Also amazing: tonight, on "Chopped" I saw something new to me...
Dragon Fruit!

What an insanely bizarre, yet beautiful food. You would never know that the inside and the exterior would be so completely different, yet complimentary to each other. I felt like it was a fashion statement the way the bright pink and green pod was filled with white flesh and black seeds..how Parisian!

I have no idea what it tastes like but discovered it grows from some variety of cactus...it just gets more and more interesting. Some interiors are bright pink. Wow.

This intriguing fruit reminded me that it is a good thing to
always be learning and always be curious.
You never know what you might discover.

Happy New Year

Stocking Stuffers

I know, I know, it's hard to believe that a week from today is Christmas Eve. At work we have a countdown calendar...and I hate being reminded of it daily because I'm just not "on it" for gifts and prepping. BUT, the good news is I have stocking stuffers for you!

Actually, anything in my shop is small enough to be a stocking stuffer so you can't lose.

I will be so happy to move from full time holiday working hours to part time after the new year...whew! This year I haven't said Happy Holidays ONCE. No matter what religion a person believes in, the reason for the holidays IS Christmas so that's it, there's no way around it, so I say.....there really is no good reason to consider other people and that they might be offended to hear those 2 words. Why did I ever worry about it in the first place? Diversity awareness can sometimes be counter productive....so.......

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!