what does cheer and joy look like?

something like this...

a little box of hope and love...

in a moment of inspiration, i took this empty little trinket box, folded some tiny cranes, stitched some little hearts (leaving the "heartstrings" attached), printed up a hopeful poem and transformed it into a little box of hope and love...available for purchase in my etsy shop.

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Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

- Albert Camus-

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Everyday holds the possibility of a miracle.

-Elizabeth David-

there are no words...

we attended a 9/11 memorial service last night.  cassidy played her tuba with a few other members of the marching band.  there were bagpipes that played Amazing Grace - it was so beautiful.  Taps on the bugle - chilling.  the above quote really says all there is to say...

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Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.
-Alice M. Swaim-

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I will write peace on your wings and you will fly all over the world.
-Sadako Sasaki-

...have you ever read the story about the little Japanese girl, Sadako Sasaki? she became ill from radiation caused by the bombing of Hiroshima and she tried to fold a thousand cranes before she died... my kids told me i should read the story, since i've been folding so many cranes lately. i cried my eyes out. it was both heartbreaking and heartwarming, if such a thing is possible. i am feeling inspired to fold a thousand. only 934 to go...