What a Wonderful Feeling

What a wonderful feeling to realize that no matter what your age, you are never too old to do all those things that you always wanted to do and never had the time to do or never allowed yourself the time to do them. I have always loved art and tried painting, drawing and various crafts off and on through the years. I never thought that I was actually good enough to do anything with my art because at the age of 21, someone told me that I would never be an artist because I didn’t have a college degree. And I believed them! For the most part I set everything aside to raise a family and work in my husband’s construction business. I took it for granted that I would always have time to be creative later. But as you know, months turned to years. Two years ago I was browsing in a bookstore and found a bookmark that said “You are never too old to be what you might have been”. Something clicked! I got it! I am NOT too old to be what I might have been. I realized that God gave me a wonderful gift, a talent. It has become my goal to use this gift and give part of it back to God to help others. Three years ago our granddaughter, Annastesia Hope, was born with heart defects. I decided to design a line of jewelry called “Anna’s Broken-Heart” Each year I will make a piece of jewelry to honor Anna's struggle and the struggle of all children born with "broken-hearts". 100% of the proceeds from this line of jewelry will go to the Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital in California and one in Israel. With each piece I will inclued a poem along with a description of the piece.