Where we are at....

Its been quite a year for us, personally - and to be totally honest my focus is all over the place ! So we have decided that the best way is to go back to what I really love and thats my altered stuff and my photography....and keep my scrapbooking as a hobby -
I'm sure you have all found that the pressures of time and family are just impossible to manage sometimes .... Well I guess that since my sister in law got sick last year, I have been evaluating my life and my priorities even more frequently than normal....
I think I always have evaluated my life regularly...it's just been something I have felt I wanted to do...not to miss any opportuniites..to make the most of my life..to make my choices for the best reasons....
But when Sarah got sick, that kind of forced me to look at my life with even more of a magnifying glass than before....
I think a lot of us did.....

Anyway, I decided that, my children were growing up way too quickly.. and that  I wanted to spend more time with them.. I decided that although I absolutely loved the excitement and challenges of  running Altered Treasures, there was more to life than that..  And I was in the fortunate position of being able to choose to not work....
I have learned an awful lot through the setting up and running of AT..  Its been my baby ... I've built it from scratch from a few pieces of paper right through to the heaven knows how many lines we currently stock....
I ve learned a lot about myself .. My strengths, my weaknesses,
But most importantly I have learned that the most important thing in my life is my family....

Sarah is well now... Thank god... But last year really taught me that you can never know what the future holds for you...
And so Altered Treasures is going to return to its Altered roots........
We will be holding less scrapboook specific stock and I will be spending more time learning about my real passion - photography..with a view to getting Bloom back on track..something which I had to let go last year........

So - heres to the new, re evaluated version of my life - !!

Comments

[Jeanne]

Helen!
I was very moved by this entry.... know exactly what you mean. Family... they drive you nuts but these moments are so fleeting. I fully respect your commitment to re-prioritizing.... good for you. So glad about Sarah, and as usual, love your pics. Can't wait to see how Bloom blooms! :)Jeanne