Creating away!!

Taking a break from fairs right now...sorting through my craft items and items that I inherited from a dear friend..have given some yarns and fabric away to freecycle people..and have found some treasures that I forgot about (yarns...)

Two dear friends from Warwick reconnected with me recently..asking for help with a lamb marionette kit they purchased..I dug up my notes from my Waldorf training on this item and got excited to make one more myself..I am now on my fourth and doing this, plus reconnecting with these old friends, has really brought such a bright light into my life at this point..somehow, in there, I have realized that I have done so much to "sell" and not enough to enjoy myself, to grow with, to give as a gift, that I need to breathe through this time period in a different way. What does help right now is the economy and that most craft items are struggling to sell at a decent price so making stock for now is ok too..

But I am "breathing" in a different way with this experience and what it has opened up for me...this in addition to other spiritual work that I have been doing..

Of course, some new children that have joined my daycare program allow me to breathe after a challenging November/December..so that is a blessing too..

Maybe, by some miracle, I will also get to the quilting projects that are also in containers, on hold!

I am happiest when I am creating something and/or helping others create..When the children learn how to do something themselves and show such pride, it makes me feel my work has meaning..the same with adults..but last, but not least, when I realize I can do something that I was in fear of learning or of failing, something in me shifts, in a positive way too.

Hope the winter is going well for you!
Life holds many possibilities; the challenge is within us to open up to it..or at least that is what I am trying to learn now!