The best part of the bad times (and documenting them) is that future you can always look back on these posts and "remember" how bad you thought things were going and how they ended up. Hi future everybody!
Happiest of birthdays Andrea! Thank you for sharing your work! You inspired me to do a challenge myself! I hope this next year, and all of your 40’s brings you love and adventure ❤️
My dear Andrea. Happy Birthday. I wish you were in Pittsburgh for the occasion. We could share a lunch (my treat) or even that asked-for cup of coffee. I'm sorry you had such a bad past year. May the next one be much better. Accepting help is always harder for most of us than giving it. It makes us feel "lesser," or vulnerable. But it is important to remember to ask for help when you need it. Yesterday, in a sweltering, humid 85-degree day I planted over a hundred plants in my yard. I can't kneel, so I had to bend for every plant. It was brutal, and I would stop and sit on the porch for a short break and drink water.
A sane person would say I should have asked for help, but this circular garden of flowers, 12 feet in diameter, is my Mt. Everest experience. Some things need to be done alone because I knew how I wanted to choose the flowers for each row. I don't know how many more years I can do this, but if I need to ask for help to keep the garden, I will ask rather than give up seeing this circle of color and butterflies.
My best friend, a psychologist, who died two years ago, used to say when I would go to him with some crisis, "You haven't suffered enough." He wasn't being callous. He meant, I would not change until I had "suffered enough." It was a good lesson to learn later in my life. Change is hard. And it often requires a lot of suffering, but that is part of the process. Happy Birthday, Andrea. May you always be the butterfly I saw when others only say the caterpillar, including you.. Love, Sr.Rita
This was so good Andrea. I love seeing your art also. you’re an inspiration. You’re a multi hyphenate.
The best part of the bad times (and documenting them) is that future you can always look back on these posts and "remember" how bad you thought things were going and how they ended up. Hi future everybody!
Happiest of birthdays Andrea! Thank you for sharing your work! You inspired me to do a challenge myself! I hope this next year, and all of your 40’s brings you love and adventure ❤️
My dear Andrea. Happy Birthday. I wish you were in Pittsburgh for the occasion. We could share a lunch (my treat) or even that asked-for cup of coffee. I'm sorry you had such a bad past year. May the next one be much better. Accepting help is always harder for most of us than giving it. It makes us feel "lesser," or vulnerable. But it is important to remember to ask for help when you need it. Yesterday, in a sweltering, humid 85-degree day I planted over a hundred plants in my yard. I can't kneel, so I had to bend for every plant. It was brutal, and I would stop and sit on the porch for a short break and drink water.
A sane person would say I should have asked for help, but this circular garden of flowers, 12 feet in diameter, is my Mt. Everest experience. Some things need to be done alone because I knew how I wanted to choose the flowers for each row. I don't know how many more years I can do this, but if I need to ask for help to keep the garden, I will ask rather than give up seeing this circle of color and butterflies.
My best friend, a psychologist, who died two years ago, used to say when I would go to him with some crisis, "You haven't suffered enough." He wasn't being callous. He meant, I would not change until I had "suffered enough." It was a good lesson to learn later in my life. Change is hard. And it often requires a lot of suffering, but that is part of the process. Happy Birthday, Andrea. May you always be the butterfly I saw when others only say the caterpillar, including you.. Love, Sr.Rita