Looking Back

2012 is finally here! Where has my head been? I’m scurrying all over trying to find and fix it in time for the new year.

2011 has been an interesting year. I started the year barely with anything to do and saw that new friends need to be made. I even got depressed at one time when I couldn't find enough creative outlet to do. It’s funny now that I can see how God shapes my path. By September I was caught off guard with opportunities and by December I landed on few too many jobs, and too many social commitments that I had to start shaking things off.

Admittedly I had to shake off writing this blog for a bit. But now I’m here. It’s 6.50 am and I haven’t slept all night. Could be because of the cold I’m having, could be of the excitement of new prospects in the new year- whatever it is, I’m grateful to be able to appreciate the rare first morning of sunlight whilst listening to Katie Noonan and writing this.

Working in the florist had been physically and mentally draining- it’s an art in itself to get used to. I find it hard to cope with our clients sadness for the deceased, as well as their high demand in pleasing their loved ones. But I love and cherish every moment of working there. The pressure to perform and to do it side by side with plants is really an amazing thing. My Etsy shop (and my online presence in general) had been completely absent. On the other hand my tangible shop in real life is doing extremely well. New jewellery designs come and go before I had the chance to document them online. It all had been so exciting and exhilarating- how I manage to end the year knowing that I’m doing the things that I love with and for the people I care about.   

Christmas was a much sought after break after what seem to be an endless journey to Christmas itself. Greg’s parents rented a house in Berridale- a tiny populated town of 80 only a few hours away from Canberra. We journeyed there through a dark and consuming thunderstorm but was surprisingly embraced with a breathtakingly beautiful full double rainbow on the other side of the dark clouds just a few km away upon arriving to our rented home.

God has been very good to us.