A little bird told me...

Dear Super Smart Girl,

Never let anything steal your soul. Never let anything blow your light out.

Be willing to walk away from things that feel wrong. Know that you have the ability to be a light in the darkness, and don't allow the darkness to dim YOU in any way.

Choose to put your energy in places where you want to grow more of what there already is, and don't put any more energy in places that you have outgrown or that you want to be free from.

Life can be good and joyful and light-filled and wonderful. You get to choose EVERY DAY where to put your energy -- every single day.

Choose wisely, beautiful girl, and life will unfold in beautiful ways.

xoxo




"A little bird told me" - your Daily Truth from The Brave Girls Clubbr> www.bravegirlsclub.com

I am a brave girl!

I found a blog that is so cool. It was started by Melody Ross, a famous scrapbook designer. It's called Brave Girls Club. I was fascinated by its title and as I read it, loved it. She has online classes with artistic projects involved as well as journaling. The classes are called Soul Restoration classes. I was blessed to have won one and I am now taking it. If you have never heard of it, check it out and tell me what you think.

Change is good...

Saw some projects on the internet which fascinated me. Mini albums make out of toilet paper tissue rolls. Your first reaction is probably like mine. Yuck! After watching a few creations, I decided to try it myself. Tell me what you think! And...try it yourself.

Cricut Crazy

Mike bought me a Cricut cutting machine and I am still learning to use it. You can make cards, make wall words, use it for scrapbooking, etc. I have been looking for project ideas on the internet and found a lot. I discovered a bunch of YouTube video projects. Cool.

My first project was a phrase that I put on my suv, "REDISCOVER your library". Appropriate don't you think, since I work in a library? The next projects were Christmas gifts where I made ceramic placques with people's names on them. They display on a stand. People really liked them and I had fun doing them.

We visited our FL grandsons and they had a lot of fun with the Cricut. Nathan loves to draw and I thought it would be cool to put the words, "Art gallery" on the wall with all the pictures he has drawn. We put different sized gears on another wall. Benjamin wanted to have baseball graphics and fireworks on his. Plus, I put a motivational phrase on one of his walls. We had a ton of fun playing with my new cricut.

Stay tuned for more projects using my cricut.

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Let me introduce myself...again.

Wow, it's been awhile. So much has gone on in the past year since I posted. I can now understand why people sometimes don't blog for awhile. Sometimes life just gets in the way and it takes all ones energy and strength to just keep going on. Mike's lengthy unemployment and different health issues I had to deal with just sapped me for awhile. But God has been faithful and has never left me.

I got an anonymous letter today in the mail. Obviously, I have made someone angry. I did some soul searching as well as turning to God in prayer. He is our healer,you know. If not for His touch, His peace, I wouldn't be writing this now.

I have a confession to make...I am not perfect. I wish I were at times, then I wouldn't make so many mistakes as a human. I made an innocent mistake and got raked over the coals for it. I have already apologized to everyone involved and I still got the letter.

I guess this is where forgiveness comes in. I choose to forgive rather than hang on to this. I hope this doesn't come across wrong. I just don't want to hold onto the hurt caused by the letter. And unforgiveness only causes more pain. My husband pointed out that you, whoever you are, might even get more upset by this and take this as criticism. I hope not, my intention is for healing, not more pain for either one of us.

I wish you had talked to me in person and gotten all the information first hand. I think you would have felt and believed differently.

Wow. It hurt.

It hurt to be attacked and accused and with no opportunity to explain. I pray that I remember this in case I am ever on the other side of something like this. I hope I remember to show mercy, give the person the benefit of doubt, and believe the best.

Time will only tell.