Write Her Story

Hello all,

I'm been away from my blog for a good while now. Caught that nasty respiratory virus that's been going around and with my other health problems, it just hung on and on. Beginning to feel more like myself now so plan on getting the blog back up to speed. Yes, that means there will be freebies again soon!

A few things are happening at present that I'd like to mention. First, it's National Women's History Month. Go here to check out events going on around the country: http://www.nwhp.org/. You might also beinterested in this link from Columbia University about Women's Studies: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eguides/womenstudies/. I would really love to see some of my fellow artists doing something special for Women's History month. Create a piece of art depicting some woman who has been an inspiration to you. Scrap a page telling a story about some woman in your family or among your friends whose live has been/is meaningful. Write your own story! Create a scrapbook kit to commemorate the special women in your life. If you do any of these things or otherwise do something to celebrate Women's History month, please wrote in and tell me about it. I'd love to hear from you.

Second item of news: I'm joined the Scrapper's Zone team as a designer. I hope you'll come and visit my store there. My rose templates didn't make it into stores as planned die to illness but today 10 sets will be entered at Scrapperszone and Kutnkudlyskreations. Look for a special deal on buying the entire set. Hopefully by tomorrow I'll be finished with previews of my St. Patrick's Day kit and will post those.

Third item of news: my friend, Sandi Tice (she designed as Sandi Scraps at Srapbookersplayground) has had some devastating news. Sandi is a breast cancer survivor of eight years (I believe I have the number right) who has been in chronic pain since reconstructive surgery following that battle with cancer. Several weeks ago, she contacted me with the bad news that lung cancer was found and she'd had to start chemo. Last week I learned that the cancer is not, as hoped, contained. Any of you who have had experience with cancer know what this means - the prognosis is horrible, the chance of survival very slim. Later today I will be posting a layout showing recent photos of Sandi. RIght after chemo started, her city held it's Breast Cancer Marathon. She got up out of bed and went to the marathon to hand out water because, sick as she was, she told me, "They ran for me. How can I not help out?" I've got photos of her there. Now she is too ill to stay at the computer long so I only hear from her once in a while. I ask all of you who pray to please keep Sandi and her family in your prayers.

Fourth item: it is with regret that I announce the temporary (I hope) retirement from designing of my friend, Jay aka Alabama Stone Thrower Creations. Family matters require her time and energy at present. Here's hoping Jay will be able to return to the designing community in the near future.

That's it for the moment. Off to upload those Roses To Recolor sets.

Hugs,
SherryD