Creative Circles

We truely live in a generation run by technology: social networking, blogging, texting, chatting, and TV. I am the first to admit that I have fallen victim to most of these. I don't think they are bad, but I think its insanely easy to let them comsume your life. I mean we can have it on our phones and take it every where we go for heavens sake! So in light of all my forced "pauses" since graduating I decided to simply turn them off..at least for brief moments in time.

During the pauses I want to allow my creative juices to flow. As I get older I am realizing that I have always been creative or had creative thoughts, but I was to L7 (i.e. living in a box) to let them out scared of failure and being "wrong". Its amazing how when looking back it dawned on me that my ancestors have passed on great creativity to me and it runs through my veins: quilting (grandmother), clothes designing (mom), midwifery/teaching (great great grandmother/great aunt), singing (dads fam). I am going to start crocheting, music therapy, reading, sewing again.

Today my daughter and I joined our first sewing circle and she took it by storm. Its all she can think about. I love her excitement for life! I pray that she reminds me daily to STOP, BREATHE, and put technology down and engulf all the things that bring me joy and that I can pass on to my babies.