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Wishcasting Wednesday: Growing Older

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How do you wish to grow older?

Great timing for this question as I have been thinking a lot lately about age. How much the process of aging and (ostensibly) growing up has taught me about me and about those around me. I am always a work in progress: there are a few things I'd like to change and things that I'm happy to leave alone.

I am fortunate in that I've been surrounded by a number of women in my life who have aged gracefully. Certainly, there have been plenty trying to be the eternal teenager, but most were happy to step into their role with poise and grace. I want to be one of them.

Then I realized, at 46, time was getting away from me and I'd better get a move on!

In a physical sense, I'm learning to embrace the gray and am no longer employing my hairdresser as a weapon against the aging process! I'm eating better and definitely getting more active during the day. I can improve in both of those areas, but I'm happy to have started.

In a spiritual sense, I'm really getting comfortable in my beliefs. I'm no longer apologetic for what I think and feel and this newfound confidence is translating into a real sense of quiet, confident well being. I feel much lighter and calm.

In an intellectual sense, I hope I never stop learning. I have an insatiable curiosity about those things that interest me. I'm always reading and researching. I like challenging myself and hope to never find myself in a position where I have to stop.

In a creative sense, today I am in a place where I know I'm about to become overwhelmed. A strange sense of giddy anticipation and dread. Once, during my five years of pre-pregnancy, pregnancy and post pregnancy (a blur - four kids in five years!) I lost all ability to create. I couldn't do anything. At. All. It was terrifying. My identity disappeared and in it's place were four gorgeous, needy beings taking up all of me. I wouldn't trade them for anything and I love that after losing it, I know I'll never lose it again!

I want to be a source of inspiration and guidance to my children, support to my friends, kindness to strangers (and friends and children, of course). I want to be respectful and realize that not everyone looks at the world in the same way I do but at the same time I want to not feel the need to apologise for needing order, direction and purpose. I want to use my time wisely on projects that have meaning and longevity. I want to dwell in the land of positive and surround myself with others who live life to it's fullest with kindness and respect.

I want to grow old with grace, dignity and a sense of humour. I want to be surrounded with love and blessed with good health.

And good wine!

What is your wish? Each Wednesday morning, I eagerly anticipate the assignment from Jamie at Jamie Ridler Studios. If you're looking for a bright spot in your day, head on over to check her out.

Wishcasting Wednesday: Time

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How do you wish to spend some time?

It has been a while since I've participated in Wishcasting Wednesday and I miss it! This challenge really appealed to me since the only things I feel I can control, at the moment, are my wishes!

I wish to spend some time CAUGHT UP. Some time where my house is completely tidy, everything organized and put away in it's rightful place, groceries purchased, dinner made, assignments and projects completed, bills paid, laundry washed and folded, gardening finished, kids clean, garage organized, cars fueled and tires filled.

A time where my mind isn't jumping from list to list wondering what needs to be done.

I'd like to spend some time with nothing next.

What is your wish? Each Wednesday morning, I eagerly anticipate the assignment from Jamie at Jamie Ridler Studios. If you're looking for a bright spot in your day, head on over to check her out.

Wishcasting Wednesday: Space

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What do you wish for your space?

Funny to receive this question today. I have come to the realization recently that though my house reflects my style, my personal taste; it does not reflect any of my own person. As a creative-type you would think there would be evidence of me all over the place, but with the exception of a few photographs, there is very little of my own personal work around the house. I've only just moved my entire collection of scrapbooks up to the family room to be more readily enjoyed by everyone. Over the weekend I spent a bunch of time cataloguing a number of interesting projects that I'm interested in pursuing and crafting. Yesterday, I remembered Green Pixel Printing and after looking through the site I have been filled with many plans to put more of my photography throughout the house. I wish for my space to reflect, more fully, me.

If I could have a second wish: I wish for less clutter so my style and personal taste can be better enjoyed and not be simply a reflection of the four kids who live in the house!

What is your wish? Each Wednesday morning, I eagerly anticipate the assignment from Jamie at Jamie Ridler Studios. If you're looking for a bright spot in your day, head on over to check her out.

Wishcasting Wednesday: Catch Up

I really enjoy participating over at Jamie Ridler's Wishcasting Wednesday. After all, who can resist these two questions:

What would happen if every week you made a wish?
What magic might start to stir?

Wishcasting Wednesday is a safe haven for wishes, a fertile field in which to plant wish seeds and have them witness and tended lovingly. It is a place where magic begins.

Indeed.

For quite a while I had been mulling what to do with my growing collection of wishes. It is great to have them here on the blog to share with everyone but what if I want to revisit them? There are also a number of wishes which are too personal to share here. Yes, sometimes there are lines that cannot be crossed! I don't want to over-share :)

I am a brick and mortar type, needing to see, feel and hold things. So, when Aud Neal asked me to participate as a guest blogger, I decided it was a perfect time to get my act together and come up with a method of keeping these wishes.

For me, as a scrapbooker and photo taker, an album was the only choice.

I'm also big into using what I already have, and I have plenty of memory preservation supplies! I found an old Creative Memories 8x8 Album and that's where I started:

And, for those who need the nitty gritty up-close details:

 

 

Credits: Photo discovered via Google Images and found here; Fonts: 2Peas RF RhonnaDESIGNSRegular (flourishes), Garamond (title and content).

(I must apologise for the scans, I have no idea what the yellow line is on the left side, nor do I have a clue how to fix it, but I refuse to buy another scanner, so it is what it is!)

Today the question is one of those which I will answer and put on in the book, but not here to share with everyone, but I didn't want to leave you with nothing! Actually, the last few weeks I've recorded for the album and the album is filling quite quickly but the blog has been empty. I will attempt to remedy that next week.

What do you do with your wishes? Do you save them, re-visit them, mull them for a while, put them out to the universe and forget them?

Wishcasting Wednesday: Bloom

How do you wish to bloom?

I wish to remind myself each day that the actions and words of others are completely in relationship to their life experience and world view. It rarely has anything to do with me, my actions or that of my family. I wish to bloom by remembering this and letting it not effect my reactions or judgment. I want to be not a victim of my insecurities and past experience but to bloom by absorbing the experience and criticism of others without reacting in kind but with patience, self control, acceptance and love.

What is your wish? Each Wednesday morning, I eagerly anticipate the assignment from Jamie at Jamie Ridler Studios. If you're looking for a bright spot in your day, head on over to check her out.

You can be a maker of magic and a tender of wishes. It’s easy. Answer the wish prompt above on your blog and then add a direct link to your post in the box below. Support wishes by visiting other participants, leaving a comment saying “As (insert name) wishes for her/himself, so I wish for her/him also.” It’s that simple. There is great power in wishing together.

Wishcasting Wednesday: Break

What do you wish to take a break from?

Hockey games. Just a little break. The good news? My wish came true last night when Cole's Ranger team won the Tri-County Pee Wee AE Championship. We will still have plenty of time in the rink with practices and 3on3 games, but no high-pressure games for a while!

What is your wish? Each Wednesday morning, I eagerly anticipate the assignment from Jamie at Jamie Ridler Studios (though today I got distracted and headed over late today, like only minutes ago!) If you're looking for a bright spot in your day, head on over to check her out.

Wishcasting Wednesday: Story

What story do you wish to live or let go?

I am amazed at the timing of this question. I have been in the midst of a couple of stories, tangible words-to-screen variety stories, which I've finally decided I have to let go and let other stories evolve and take their place. I wish to live a truthful, kind and observant story. One or more that I will be proud, even honoured to pass along.

What is your wish? Each Wednesday morning, I eagerly anticipate the assignment from Jamie at Jamie Ridler Studios (though today I got distracted and headed over late today, like only minutes ago!) If you're looking for a bright spot in your day, head on over to check her out.