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If you just happened upon this "blog" (and I use that term VERY loosely because if you've seen the date from the previous post you'll know) you may be a little confused that there are two Christmas Season posts this close together. Well guess what, it's been twelve years. ....... TWELVE. 

So fast forward from Dec 8 2013 and it's Christmas again. My daughter and I moved back to my family. I got divorced. Stopped quilting for a while and had to get a corporate job. I bought a house. My daughter got married and moved away. I got a dog. I met someone. I sold my house and quit my job and moved in with him. I started quilting again. I went full time on Etsy. We bought a house together and got married. We did lots of state and national trade shows. We bought a Diesel truck and 16 foot trailer to haul fabric. We opened a fabric store in our house. I started a full time website. I sold more fabric and brought home more $$ than I thought was reasonable for someone doing this by herself. My daughter got divorced and moved back home. We get to work together every day now. 

I had to go back though and read through previous posts to remember where I was at that point in life. It feels like I'm the same person but it feels like I'm a totally different person. Isn't there some quote about time and the fact that's it's an invisible restraint? I'm still sewing and quilting, but it feels like there was a whole life that got left behind over the last decade. I don't know that I'll ever tell the whole detailed story here. There is absolutely a therapeutic and healing process when you talk through your past. Whether you choose prayer or journaling or spilling tea with friends. So I don't think I'll scrap this whole online blog adventure. There is something to be said for owning where you came from. 

It seems weird to wrap up the highlights of twelve years in a paragraph. It feels like I just zipped through everything so I don't quite know what else to share. Do I just pick up where we left off, do I need to relive and share all the things from the past. I don't know. Maybe if it's relevant. I've healed a lot, I've learned a lot. If I can share something that helps someone else absolutely but it's hard to make yourself vunerable just for the sake of being transparent. So maybe I'll reflect a little. We'll try and put some life lessons in with some quilting fun. 

I tell you what I don't even read other peoples blogs. I don't like the ads. I just want the recipe that came up on google. So I won't make this complicated. We've got a YouTube channel for that and a Facebook page, this will just be my "therapy" I'll share a few fun quilt or house projects. I hope you'll join me. I hope you'll share. So until next time. I will wish you Happy Holidays.