Each year as I look back on the up and downs, the successes and the setbacks, and the things I've learned along the way, I realize that who I am now is different than who I was last year or the year before that. Our life experiences truly shape and mold us. Over the past few weeks as we tried to update our profiles on this blog, we realized how much has truly changed over the last two years. How much we've changed. It was amazing to look at how different our lives were just a few years ago. Nertz (formerly Toots) and Jules were single and now they are both married. Ritz was expecting her son Carson, who is now almost two, and is expecting her second! KK has started a new career as a communications director. I welcomed my second baby girl this year and one in "real" school (as opposed to half-day kindergarten). We have truly grown these last few years in ever respect. We have so much to be grateful for.
I've always felt that "becoming" was my word. It embodies who I am and who I want to be and, most of all, embodies the journey along the way. Several years ago, I composed a poem about it, just for my journal, and yesterday it was published on the
Time Out for Women blog. I am humbled and honored that they would publish my poem. I hope on this Thanksgiving Day we all can look back a year or two and see how far we have come!
On the creative front, we have come a long way too. A couple of years ago, I was just learning about stamping and card making and now it in one of my favorite hobbies. I can turn the raw stuff found at Lowe's into something beautiful for my home and something useful. I built my first piece of furniture. I taught myself to knit (although not well) and tried many, many other things. KK just refinished her first furniture project, Jules has developed a love for business marketing and the creativity involved there, Ritz is always doing projects to improve her home and Nertz is inventing fun things for her husband and she to do together.
