It’s been a long dry spell between posts, where to begin? Well, since my last post I celebrated my birthday in November, we celebrated a quiet Thanksgiving and I was busy sewing aprons, more on that later. Then I was in a curated boutique at a church, which brought us to all the chaos of Christmas. The normal chaos of Christmas was joined with confusion and deadlines. As I mentioned I was busy sewing aprons, this was something that started the Christmas before. I had made a couple of aprons like my Great Grandmother made and wore for a few friends that cook and bake. Out of that came the suggestion to make them to sell. I decided to name them for my Great Grandma, so I call them Gram C’s Vintage Aprons. I love sharing her apron legacy with others, she was a huge influence in my life. As it says on the hangtag on the aprons, she taught me how to cook and how to wear an apron. Christmas Day I was able to spend time with a very good friend and his family, it was wonderful. So much of the holidays is about family and I don’t have any family. I enjoyed being with his kids and their kids, it felt like Christmas.
Then came New Years, I don’t do resolutions, but I usual have something I am hoping for or hope to do. This year I want to limit the amount of negativity in my life. That sounds like a big goal, but it needs to happen. I am surviving with stage four cancer with a recurrence, the death of my son (my heart), the death of my husband, the loss of my family, agoraphobia, other health issues and my panic and anxiety. I think at this point wanting less negativity is a necessity.
The new year has brought with it more progress on the book, 15 chapters done and I am working on the last three. My hope for this year is to find a publisher. My goal to this point was to finish the book, I didn’t want to leave it unfinished. And now with the finish line is sight, I want to be able to see it published. It’s funny what started out as something I wasn’t sure I really want to do has grown into this huge accomplishment, I am so proud of this project and my hope has always been that it might help someone else.
For more information about the aprons please visit Gram C’s Vintage Aprons Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/gram.c.vintage.aprons