Thursday, March 13, 2008

Thank you God for Spring


I had hoped to take pictures of a doll to put on my post today, but I can’t seem to finish her. She is a gardening angel, and I will post her as soon as I finish. I am just going to say “Thank you God for spring, and the promise of new life.” My quince is blooming and the hydrangeas are beginning to bud. I hope we have some beautiful ones this year—it was such an awful summer last year with no rain and the painful loss of my father. Actually the last 2 years have been difficult for my family. In 8/06 my son was in a serious car accident, and we spent the last half of that year in therapy and recuperation. Then in 1/07 my father was diagnosed with cancer, so most of 2007 was spent in helping him get through the treatments and finally losing him in September 2007. He was such an inspiration in my life, and I will talk more about him later.

Needless to say, my business plans have progressed slowly. Maybe that was for the best, as it has given me time to see what is really important in life—God, family and relationships I am working on business plans to see what works best—my antique shop is not in a high traffic area—so I am in the process of developing a website. I seem to enjoy the more creative side of business, and would like to focus more on that. But I still have some local customers, so I am working on options for opening or closing the shop.

I hope I am not boring everyone with all my wanderings. If any of you have experiences that would help, please share them with me.

Thought for the day: There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter—Rachel Carson.

2 comments:

Rosemary said...

Hi Rosemary,
So nice to meet another one!!
Thanks for the nice comments on my blog. Glad you liked it.
So sorry to hear about your trying times, and your great loss.
Glad you found me. Visit me again soon.
Rosemary

Wanda @ Just Vintage said...

Don't you just love a flowering quince? The picture of yours is beautiful.

Our weather is turning for the better - except for the spring storms and after last summer, I don't dare complain - so that should get your creative business juices flowing. A new beginning and all that. It's time to put the hard times behind and only look forward to the best.

How's the web site coming? It ain't perxackly easy, is it? Did you get my wordy email? I hope I didn't talk too much. ;-)