Lots of "newness", & I'm loving it!

Today I realized that I am going to have to separate everything that I have to say in a couple different entries.

possibly three different entries?

There's been a lot happening that I have been so anxious to share, and my mind has been flowing with new thoughts && ideas.

I have been highly inspired by some lovely ladies...

Annie over at "what she saw"

Erin over at "Sweetness Itself"

&&

my good friend Amanda over at "My Love for Lyla"

Go check out these awesome girls! They write so beautifully and they offer so much encouragement!

Okay, onto more about life...

So, first thing's first...
I've discovered a new love for SEWING!! And I think it's a new love that could quickly become a passion!
There is something about sitting down at the machine and creating something on my own. And then when it's finished, I get to say that I made it!
Someone I know described my new-found love in the most perfect way...it's something I can have [healthy] control over, with the outcome of something useful. I couldn't have said it better!

This is the very first time I have ever done anything  that has made me so content that, once I get started, I don't even think about the things that constantly consume my brain.
This is the first time I have ever tried something and just kept wanting more and more...I tend to give up on things shortly after I start them...Two hours of work at a time, just isn't enough for me! I always want to keep going!
This is the first time I've ever tried something without being afraid of making mistakes, or feeling guilty about making mistakes!

Of course this is all thanks to my incredible teacher, Angie, who really has become more like a friend and confidant than a teacher. She has the most beautiful heart and encouraging spirit! She has an outlook on life that I admire so deeply, and such a passion for what she does that you can almost see bursting from within her! I am learning so much more from Angie than just sewing. I'm learning new ways to think about life, and gaining a whole new perspective.

So, here's what's coming up in future posts...

(trying, from here on out, to write more regularly than just every couple of weeks or so)

You'll see a post about my students, equipped with pictures.

You'll see a post about life lessons I have been learning, and changes I am making in my life&&heart.

& you'll see a post about the new idea I have for writing my book. My thought process on that has changed, although the general message will still be the same. You can read about the original idea in THIS ENTRY.

So until then, faithful readers & friends...

goodnight. & be blessed.

:))