Dear Friends

Our holiday cards are soon complete. The sketches I made earlier this summer did not work on the cards...so I had to start all over again.

 

I had my teeth cleaned a few weeks ago and DR F said that he could not wait to receive this year's card. I told him that the design was not coming together like I had hoped and there might not be cards this year.  He said: just keep at it. I know that you can do it. 

AND darned if he was right!

This new design came together in two days.

Photo: Profile of new holiday cards

Fifty cards are almost done. One element is left to put on them and it is most fun element, in my opinion.

Yesterday while I was gluing the mini paintings on card stock, my mind was was wandering, thinking about the people who we send cards to.

I could not help but wonder about a friend (or two) who I have lost contact with in the past couple of years.

So, yesterday afternoon, I was brave 

and contacted each of the old friends.

Brave because I did not worry about being ignored and hurt.

I sent a simple text, saying that I was thinking about them, 

with no expectations. 

It felt good, just saying hello to a dear friend. 

 I thought that we were better friends than to let life get in the way of our friendship, but I was wrong.

Life can get in the way of EVERYTHING.

I hope that one day, we can be friends again.

It will never been quite like it was before.

It can be better.

Love you beyond the moon.

Me