a daring adventure

Hello! 

Oh, my, the days--they do fly by, don't they?  Especially when you are Very Busy (and who among us cannot say that, I wonder?).

Fortunately, I was forced today, by a sick child and a sore throat of my own, to stay home from work and rest.  And while I rested, I took the very welcome opportunity to do a wee bit of playing, in the form of craft.  What better, easier one could I ask for than Mitsy's Happy Girls?! 

I had no double-stick tape, and I only had the darker beads, so I improvised a bit.  (Yes, those would be my stitches!  Pathetic really, but I simply don't care.  Life is too short to worry over stuff like that, my sweets.  Too short.)  Sofie was delighted with their little brown faces, and said, "Oh, little girls from Nigeria!"  We had just been watching our most favorite World Cup team...

 
 Despite their African heritage, they were named Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn.  It works, I suppose, and they are keeping a sick little girl company while she recovers from a summertime cold:

 

I've also been reading a quick but wonderful and spunky read (more recommendations coming, Sandra!) about an awesome young heroine, an 11-year-old girl named Flavia de Luce.  She's teaching me lots of things, most of which bring to mind the quote by Helen Keller, which states:  "Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing at all!"   Truer words were never spoken, I do believe!  With all of the uncertainty in my life right now, I hold to it like a life-preserver.  This is an adventure, and at the moment, this very moment, we are well.  We are safe and warm and fed and above all, together.  Who knows where this will lead, but as long as I believe that it is leading somewhere better (and I do) then the mistakes and the occasional rotten luck don't seem to matter as much.  What does matter, and matters greatly, is the considerable kindness we've been shown and the growth we've experienced, and continue to experience. 

(I know, I know. I get tired of "growing," too...but really, why else are we here?  It's not just to enjoy it, you can never convince me of that:  life is too hard for too many people.  It's to learn to love.  Nothing else would make the struggle worth it, as far as I can see.  Nothing else really matters.)

So:  Life is an adventure, live in the moment, love one another...and make happy girls.  This is what I know.

Have a lovely rest of your week, my dears.  I'll be swinging back through soon, I promise (tee, hee!).

xoxox.
 

Comments

[Holly]

love your happy girls. they make quite a happy family. Also, those contrasting stitches are lovely on them--actually think I like it better than the original.

[Heather]

i think those girls are lovely. and so was this post!! take care of yourself and your little one. hope you are feeling better soon.

[Gekakel]

I love your Happy Girls!

[Mitsy/ArtMind]

What a fantastic bunch of happy girls! I love to see them stitched together. Hope they made your sick little one heal much faster.
Thanks so much for trying these out and linking back to my tutorial - made me a happy girl!
If you are on Flickr, I would love to have these pictures added to my group. Thank you! :)
http://www.flickr.com/groups/artmindtutorials/

[susan said so]

i LOVE your happy girls! (i'm not being ugly when i say i like them better than the originals, am i? i don't mean to be.)

hang in there. i think you're wonderful!

xox,
susan