I started scrapbooking in 2004 and it changed who I was. Yes, that sounds hokey and goofy and just silly but until then, I didn't think I had a creative bone in my body. I had never taken an art class, couldn't draw a straight line, and wouldn't even attempt to draw or create anything with my hands. But scrapbooking opened up a part of me that I didn't know existed. It created a way for me to have something that was JUST FOR ME as I was in the throes of having three kids in f

There's no way around this - 2025 was a total shit-show for a lot of people and certainly for me. I spent a lot of the year floundering in disbelief and despair at what was going on in the world, and struggling even more to help my family with new beginnings and endings as they also tried to navigate the world. As the year comes to an end and a new one begins, I know that I can't save the world or save anyone else really, but I can work on making myself stronger so that I can