In this morning’s post I talked about this year’s highlights from the blog - now it’s time for daMusings about a few other things.
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[private_archives]2008…it was the year that brought small changes for this blog and big changes for our country.
For me it was the year of many beginnings, including a new Etsy shop, a new understanding of Photoshop, finding 650 new ‘friends’ on Facebook and jumping into the Twitter pool.
It was the year that colon cancer, the cancer nobody wants to talk about but everybody should, brought me to my knees and back again.
It was the year that taught me life is short, this too shall pass and every day we wake up is a day we get to make different choices.
It was the year that I learned to say a little and do a lot, love more and hold on to less, risk everything and lose nothing.
2008 was a year of ups and downs, moments of worry mixed with hours of celebration, good luck and bad news, bad luck and good news…it was a year of LIFE…yes, thank you and more please.
I’m greeting 2009 with open arms, a full heart and hope for all humankind. Happy New Year!
[I just re-read this post - whew, it was a busy year! I'm taking a few days off to get ready for 2009 - I'll see you on Monday!]
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Happy New Year to you and yours Susan. Let’s hope that the word for next year is PEACE!
Sending my best wishes to you for a really wonderful 2009!
Oh my goodness, colon cancer and you managed to keep up the blog! That’s amazing.
I hope you’re on the mend and doing great now!
Here’s to health!
Elaine
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The lesson for me in reading your post is that I really should act more on my intuition. Several times this past year I thought of sending you, Susan, a little “thinking of you” note as I sensed a poignancy in your writings that spoke to me. But – I never did it.
I, too, am glad that you’re still here and that I have the opportunity to say thank you, and to tell you that reading your posts has become a part of my ritual. But, more than that, I appreciate your vulnerability and trueness and personal voice.
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Thanks Kathi and Brenda!
Elaine – doing great now and hoping to stay that way!
Maureen – thank you for your kind words and heartfelt sentiment. I’ve missed your comments on daMuse!
As an addendum to the post (and in response to some of the emails that I have received since Wednesday), here’s the back story to my posting about the cancer:
During a long conversation with Tom (my guy), discussing what to include in my year-end post, he reminded me that part of the appeal of Daily Art Muse is that while it is about ART first, I do let my voice, my life, my experiences come through from time to time.
He let me sit with that awhile and then quietly mentioned that he thought there was a public-service aspect to my particular experience that could benefit others. While I do not want to impose my journey on everyone, I realized that I could let others know I had been dealing with cancer and then if anyone wanted to start a dialogue or needed information they could email me privately.
Many thanks for your well-wishes. While we all know that life is changeable, right now I’m happy, healthy and looking forward to this wonderful new year!
Beautiful site..photography, art and inspirational.
Blessed New Year to you.
Victoria
(a new follower)
Lovely things on your site. Glad I stumbled upon it. Hope you have a very healthy new year! And peaceful, too, for all of us. jeanne in oregon
Thank you again for sharing and reminding me of the things that really matter.
You are an amazing soul and I appreciate your bravery and generosity with life.
Happiness to you always, Kim