I’m in a card mood, so I used up some pretty scraps and made this for a friend. Lovely Early Bird paper and chipboard.

We are ok here. It has been a crazy few weeks. It just will not slow down and every time I turn around I’m swamped. Many mornings Chris asks me what i have to do that day- I tell him one thing. . .and then I don’t have a moment to catch my breath from sun up until sundown. It is unbelievable. I think I may need to schedule myself some sort of “time off” - a week or two where I refuse to commit to anything. . .sacred days in the middle of June where I just breathe. . .I wonder if that’s possible?

I am busy working this week. I am ordering some fun new stuff for the Nook (copics, stamps, new paper lines- all droolworthy). I’m also running a big contest and starting pre for a new Design Team call.

Chris attended the funeral of a friend and co-worker today. This very young Airman passed away last week in a motorcycle accident on his way into work. Chris was asked to stand solemn guard over his body today at the wake, which is an honor, but also very emotionally draining. This loss has taken a toll on my husband, and I wish there was more I could do. We are reminded again of how fragile life is and how quickly things can change. It was quite the Memorial Day weekend.

Gabe is darling. He is growing every day, smiling, talking sweet baby talk, and being generally wonderful. When J.M. Barrie wrote:

When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.

He was dead on. Because Gabe laughed, and I tell you, there were fairies.