Falling in love

I love this quote and it is not until I have been married for over 20 some years to the same person ... before I really understood it.

“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times -- always with the same person.”
― Mignon McLaughlin

 Jeff and I just had our 30th Wedding Anniversary this past June, haven't even really celebrated it yet. I smile because this quote it so true. There are times in our marriage that I feel like we fell out of love for each other. It didn't last long, but long enough to realize you didn't want life to go on like that. Marriage is hard and most of the time you have to give 150 %, and some days even more. When Jeff and I are truly thinking of each other and are connected, there doesn't seem like anything  we couldn't handle. The synergy together is unstoppable. Yet, when we are struggling, it is usually because we took our eyes off of each other and were focused more on ourselves. That is never a good thing.

Lauren the other day, asked if we wanted to have her do photos of us for our 30th anniversary, we of course said yes! She isn't home with us very often to do this. So it was fun. I have never really liked taking photos but realize that I should because that will be memories for the next generation, plus I love them too! 

I might have mentioned this before but when a dear friend of mine lost her battle with cancer, I went to her funeral and was sooooooooooo touched by the slide show they did of her life. They had photos of many moments with their Mom or wife. She was serious in some and other ones she was just funny or being silly. I remember making a promise then that I would learn to love myself more, enough to take photos and to let my family have memories of me WITH THEM! And so I think doing this photo shoot with Lauren helped...maybe because I was taking them with my BEST FRIEND!  Good night dear friends!

 

" I knew that forever was in your eyes the moment I saw you smile."  ~Unknown

  " Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything."
Aaron Siskind

"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity." Henry Van Dyke

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Synergy!

Today was my class at the shop, we are starting a group of classes called… Share The Love to help us get ready for Valentine’s Day. So today was Day 1 and I taught two projects. I was struggling a bit this morning with something that was going on in my life and I was a bit down. I was concerned as I was getting ready for work, that my mood would effect my ability to teach today. I prayed hard that I would have the strength to just put my concerns aside and do my best. Well, I am here to say that prayers are answered, and something that is called Synergy, really works. As soon as all the wonderful ladies that I teach, started coming in, I felt my whole attitude change and I felt better. I love the energy between two people when they are connected, so you can only imagine over 20 of us connecting and doing fun quilting projects together! It was wonderful and once again, I feel BLESSED to be able to do for work…something that I love! I can hardly wait to teach each time.
I looked up the word Synergism and loved this dictionary explanation of it!

syn·er·gism

/ˈsɪnərˌdʒɪzəm, sɪˈnɜrdʒɪz-/ Show Spelled[sin-er-jiz-uhm, si-nur-jiz-] Show IPA

noun

1.

the interaction of elements that when combined produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements, contributions, etc.

So true, together with those incredible ladies, I feel like I am more creative, happy and excited to be alive… not a bad feeling for a job huh?

Well it’s my Date Night with my husband, so I need to go but wanted to remind all of us to…associate more often with people who you have great synergism with, it is really worth it!

(Lauren designed this beautiful logo for our class!)

“By working together, pooling our resources and building on our strengths, we can accomplish great things.” ~ Ronald Reagan

“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” ~ Helen Keller

“We don't accomplish anything in this world alone... and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of individual threads form one to another that creates something.’ ~ Sandra Day O'Connor