Lots of Exciting News

Hi! For those friends who celebrate it,

I hope your Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were extra special.

My family enjoyed it all, but it really got good

when my Mom started to feel better.

Thank you to all who sent prayers and wishes for her.

It made a miraculous difference! Always.

On Christmas Eve, she was moved out of the hospital and

into a wonderful rehab place near me,

 where she can fully recover and get her strength back... ♥

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After spending the afternoon with my Mom today,

I picked up my copy of Somerset Studio,

the new January/February 2013 issue that I had

been waiting to read for a week...

and look what I found!

 This is page 17, advertising the January 1st release

of the brand new Art Journaling Magazine...

~and if you look at the peach-tone pages here at the bottom-left,

you'll see my pages & name!

I have to admit that I am super excited

to be published!

I hope you'll pick up a copy after its release on Jan.1st

(or order it directly from

www.stampington.com/artjournaling)

and let me know what you think!

~kath

PS. Our friend Mary Freeman from ASplendidAdventure is in it again, too!

Happy Merry Christmas!

Thank you for the gifts of friendship and

sharing and caring all year through!

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Merry Christmas!

Love,

Kathy

Heartfelt

Breathe in the spirit of this beautiful season of love and kindness.

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Hugs to you all,

~kathy

Beginning Christmas

I am planning on doing some relaxing today...

for the first time in weeks.

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Wishing you peace today, too!

~k

All Around the World

Join in. It's going around. Do 26 Random Acts of Kindness.

One beautiful way to help honor the 26 killed senselessly.

One way to make the world a better place.

♥

And thank you for your thoughts & prayers for my Mom.

She is beginning to feel better

and is getting answers and test results.

I feel the light

a lot

lately.

I am so grateful for my family

and friends

and for laughter.

And thank you for visiting my friend, Kristine Mays

and her amazing art

and remember, it's not too late to donate to her Kickstarter

to help her

travel to New Orleans to capture the essence

of the city's culture and 'breathe' it into wire.

♥

~k

Deep Rivers and Light in the Darkness

I really needed my journaling today.

With all of the emotions the past week

it calms me, centers me, is my release, my peace, my focus.

Like prayer or meditation.

At the end of this very long day,

I stood on one side of my mom's hospital bed

while my daughter stood at the other

and I thought about the three generations

of us.

So many feelings

so many unsaid words

so much

emotion.

Who is strong and who is fragile?

Maybe we are both

always.

In all of the sadness lately

I try to remember the beauty

the colors

the sparkle of the season.

And when I  hear the carols on the radio

playing "Where are You Christmas?"

I really know that it is in our hearts

afterall.

Thank you for your thoughts & prayers for my Mom.

I told her tonight, about all of you,

and she smiled.

She really did.

So, thank you BIG.

Love,

~kath

Dear Santa,

Here are some of this year's letters to Santa.

The originals, already sent to the North Pole, are colorful

and finished up,

so these copies are only in black and white...but

I thought you might like to smile again at this year's student excitement. 

Enjoy!

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And below is a bulletin board for December Book Reports!

Children chose a Good-Fit book, and wrote about its main idea & supporting details.

They were all brought in on time this month...you can probably guess why!

I have not been around so much this week.

I rushed my Mom to the hospital by ambulance Monday evening.

If you can put Mom on your thoughts & prayers list,

I would be thankful.

~k