Here's to a Dream!

OK. Just one more post for today. I just got a really exciting phone call. Let's back up a few weeks before I tell you about the phone call. On February 14th, my friend Steve Emerson (age 53) died from a brain tumor. I know Steve, his wife Ruth and their boys Eric and Lucas from my days at Ezekiel. What an awesome family!! Well, I wanted to do something to help, but I had no idea what I could do. It came to me one day that at I could donate something for the silent auction they were having at the Memorial Benefit for Steve. So I donated doing a custom scrapbook for whoever the highest bidder was. The person running the event thought that would be a great idea. Mark and I went to the benefit and I saw that nobody had bid on my scrapbook. Of course my ego (and my feelings) were a bit crushed. I haven't heard from anyone since the benefit (that was the end of February), so I just assumed that nobody had purchased my scrapbooking idea. Fast forward to today: the person who won the scrapbook called me! YEAH!! This person's daughter is graduating from high school this spring so we're meeting on Thursday to look at pictures and get some things organized. We'll talk about the style of scrapbook she'd like for her daughter and then I can get started. I'm so excited about this. I haven't shared this with many people, but I'd love to be a full-time "scrapbooking for others" person. I love scrapbooking, but just don't have time to do it like I'd like to since I'm working 30+ hours a week...oh and I'm the parent of a toddler. But someday I hope to do this full time. Don't you think it's a great idea?? I mean, there are so many people out there who want their photographs in albums that are fun to look at and will preserve the photos for a lifetime, but they just don't have the time or energy or creativity to do it. So that's my dream and I'm sticking to it. Maybe this will get that dream kickstarted. Another great benefit to having a career like this is that I'd be able to take Hope to school and pick her up and be with her when she gets home from school. I'd also get to volunteer for her school and go on field trips with her class. How fun would that be?? My current job is pretty flexible and I love that, so I might be able to do some of that anyway, but the scrapbooking thing is just something I've been thinking about for a few years now and would love to get it up and running. Here's to a dream...