This is a big one. I’m turning 40!
I remember when I was a kid, my dad threw a big surprise 40th party for my mom. 40 felt so old. Now I can say from personal experience that 40 is really not that old!
For the most part, I am enjoying getting older. There are some serious stresses… raising kids, finances, responsibility… but overall I feel so much more comfortable with who I am physically and emotionally, and that accounts for a lot.
Lots of changes have happened over the past few years. Good things, like my littlest daughter, my parents both retired and I get to spend more time with them, and I made a new friend who means the world to me. But the pandemic threw a wrench into the spinning wheels of my business, and I’ve spent the past year, my 39th, trying to pick up the pieces and really consider what it is I wanted to do with my my life… And, I decided it’s this! I just want to create. Whether it’s lingerie, watercolours, crotchet, or a beautiful flower garden… I just want to make pretty things. I’m really grateful that at 40, I can make that my life. (It’s not always sunshine and roses… sometimes it’s overdraft and kraft dinner).
Anyway, I’m trying to write this while also preparing for Birthday AND Canada Day celebrations. We have a parade go right by our front door today! So I apologize if this is a little disjointed!
I wasn’t sure when to address this portion, but it is important to me to bring up today. In the spirit of Truth and Reconciliation, I would like to acknowledge that the region I am from is part of the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg. Today is Canada Day, and indigenous history IS Canadian History. I try to take some of Canada Day to bring awareness myself and my children that we have a very complex history as white people on indigenous land.
With all of that being said, I hope everyone has a safe long weekend, whatever you are celebrating. And I hope you take a moment to check out my 40% off sale. I’ve never had a sale like this before! Shop Sewing Patterns on Etsy HERE or use code BIGBIRTHDAY here for 40% off. You can also find select items at 40% off in my Made to Order shop.
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