(thank you sue simpson for putting this song in my head!)
{ bishop museum, honolulu, hawaii | circa 1964 }
at about this time tomorrow, i hope to be sound asleep on the jet plane carrying me from honolulu, hawaii to seattle, washington!!! can you just imagine my snoopy happy dance?! yes, well, i just trust me on this one—it’s really not something anyone needs to see :)!
these are the fabulous ladies i am travelling with!!!
this picture was taken during a girl-overnighter at the turtle bay hotel, several years ago, before any of us had babies. :) cat is there on the far left and ape is in the middle (cat and ape!) and there’s me over there on the right. cat and i have been friends for 23 years (!!!) and april and i met in high school, but didn’t really know each other until we taught at the same elementary school back in 2001. we have been through thick and thin together, we three. have helped with each other’s weddings and births. have been there to wipe the snot out of each other’s hair when there were no words, just heaving sobs, have been there to celebrate the years together.
AND ON TOP OF ALL OF THIS GOODNESS, i get to meet crystal neubauer and sue simpson, dear, sweet online friends and fellow artists. these women have been what julia cameron calls my “believing mirrors”, mirroring back to me truth and helping me to keep going, one step at a time. AND i get to take a class from and meet trish baldwin seggebruch!
all of this aaaannnnddd i get to take three days worth of art classes at artfest!!! i can’t stand it i tell you! :) :) :)
...and did i say it is going to be COLD?! brrrrrr! when the temperature hits the 60’s here in hawaii, we all break out our sweaters and futons (thick blankets) and bundle up! hmmm...wonder what 23 degrees feels like?!
and want to know one of the best, most unexpected blessings of this whole adventure? well, i’ll tell you: my friends, my family, so many wonderful and kind people wishing me happiness and saying how excited they are for me with their whole hearts, and so many people offering friendly advice and loaning me scarves, jackets, bags and my husband and children all saying, “have a great time!!!” i am taking every single one of these people with me on this trip; i carry you in my heart. i will have so much to share (i apologize in advance!) when i return to you, enlarged (and hopefully not just around the waistline) and enriched :). i am beyond all things, blessed...and so very grateful...
love,
