For the next few weeks my house is torn apart, with everything being moved out of the ground floor, and 20 years of artwork, furniture and “stuff” being piled up in other places.
We’ve been in our house (the birthplace of eQuilter!) for 20 years, our wood floors and carpets are a disaster, (kids, pets, etc.) so we are redoing all the floors on the ground floor.
Maybe some of you have been through this. I think it will be a little like childbirth…not as painful but lasting for several weeks. Like childbirth, I am trying not to think about it too much before it happens.
However it is an opportunity, and I am determined to make it a creative opportunity. Last year I went through this when I moved my eQuilter studio from the 2nd floor, down into a new adjacent space to the warehouse on the first floor.
I’ve been collecting books, art, etc. through many years of travel, plus all the craft items one tends to collect with three kids who have grown up in this house. So it is a trip down Memory Lane… a chance to purge…a chance to appreciate and remember special collectible items that haven’t had my individual attention for awhile…and then there’s the dust…!
Our daughter Sophie returned from 3 weeks of music camp last night, and we are celebrating her 13th birthday this weekend. As many of you know, she was abandoned at 2 days old, and lived in an orphanage until we adopted her in China when she was 8 months old. She has grown into a lovely young lady and we feel so lucky to have each other. I have 2 teenagers in the house now…until Sam moves out to go to college in August. (he got a full merit scholarship to CU’s music school here in Boulder) We are so proud of all 3 of our kids, and feel so lucky that we can celebrate this birthday with our kids and my mom. That’s what it’s all about, right? Sharing our precious time and love with those who are close to our hearts.
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