It's True

It's really true. 

But it only took a bittersweet

"Life Celebration" 

on Saturday January 7th 2012

and a return home

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to find out that

there ARE such things as 

fairy dust

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and angels' wings.

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But what is more stunning

is to learn that the particles

that sluff off 

a beating heart

forgotten source

really exist in our physical 

world

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and reach to distances

unimaginable

and that

I T

  

A L L 

M A T T E R S.

I'm linking this post to my

my husband's blog

here

so you can see

 

the rest of the story

and to remember that

rather than waiting 

until the

cusp of your twilight

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to say and do 

while you live:

"Thank you."

"Will you forgive me?"

"I forgive you."

"I LOVE YOU."

...because 


I T 


A L L


M A T T E R S.

A New Year Is About To Hatch

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and I've been doing a lot 

of thinking in 

2011

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 and I still believe that 

BLUE

is the colour of my dreams

for 2012

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because

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So I'm 

going out on a limb 

this year

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and I'm

adding new handmade

items to my 

Etsy shop

such as a paper mâché

bluebird wand

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thank you violet, for the picture!

un oiseau bleu 

in a nest

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with a mini version

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and a Cinderella theatre


that depicts that infamous 

moment

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as well as the midnight hour

when she loses her little 

slipper

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and disappears into the pages 

of her past.

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In my shop you will also find 

some cards for 

Valentine's Day 

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or for 

aNy dAy 

you just want 


to tell some one



I LIKE YOU.

My newest thrill is fashioning

aqua velvet 

fairy slippers

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that would be perfect for the

grown up

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or child-like fairy 

in you.

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So make the new year 

sweet

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and 

"GO OUT ON A LIMB


because that's 

where all the fruit is."

- Mark Twain

Dream big with me

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because 

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A Picture is Worth

...a thousand memories.

Go Here Down Memory Lane

Words Alone

really cannot express 

my sincere 

joy and gratitude to you

ALL

for a dynamic 2011.

Here is a collection of some 

of my favorite moments of

YOUR FRIENDSHIP 

with links provided

if you so wish to go down

memory lane 

2011

with me. 

The countdown is on and 

remember: 

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remember when

great moments of discovery

i had so much fun with the SISTAHOOD

thank you Dawne and Lisa M for the inspiration

my first poem

a fairytale moment

life lessons in school

new beginnings

...there are more memories to 

be made in 2012 my friends.

CREATE THEM TO SHARE!

Photo credits can be found on the blog posts provided.

Safely Tucked Away

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in my earliest memory of 

Christmas

Christmas 1965 Los Angeles

the story of the season

in relationship 

to my life 

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had not yet begun to 

flower 

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UNTIL

my child 

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of

Christmas Past

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and the woman of

CHRISTMAS TODAY

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met to reconcile

in the light.

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That particular year 

my mother

Los Angeles 1965

 
had nothing to give her only 

daughter

but one thing:

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a pencil.

And as I looked out my window

I had noticed that even 

the other poor kids 

had

new bikes 

new clothes 

new toys.
 
But it wasn't until the years

whittled away the commonality 

of what I took for granted

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and exposed the possibilities

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that I

finally saw

the core

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of my mother's gift.

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LOVE

is priceless


and from what seems


impossible

spills over in abundance

from within.

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FOREVER.

It's the 

Perfect Gift.

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Please visit my husband Ruben 


here


to read his holiday poetry. 


Wishing all of 

YOU
  
my TREaSUreD friends

Merry/Happy Christmas

Happy Hannukah

Joyeux Noël

Feliz Navidad

Vrolijk Kerstfeest

 Fröhliche Weihnachten

 Buone Feste Natalizie

Nadolig Llawen

Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom

Feliz Natal  

Gledelig Jul

Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!  

Nollaig Shona Dhuit

Header Photo Credits:

from left to right top:

Shannonblue photography Etsy 

Second and third images no source

Bird's nest via Midwest Living