The Muse of a Stranger

Eureka! I just discovered my unique sense of style as I was getting ready today. I looked in the mirror and it hit me! I am the person who wears a $250 suit jacket (not that I paid that much for it) with $19.99 Levis and t-shirt. I am quite happy to add black socks and Birkenstocks to that ensemble. I am ecclectic. I like to change my hairstyle and color every 2 months. I love to wear “hand-me-downs” and second-hand clothes for that lived-in feel, knowing that someone once loved that piece. I always have a scarf that I picked up in some foreign country or given to me by a friend. Once, not really a jewelry person, I now adorn myself with my favorite Silpada pieces…Martha Price says “no less than 10 and if you walk out the door and think you have too much jewelry on, put one more piece on!”

I'm the one who wants to surround myself with artists and bohemians alike. I'm not afraid to go off on journeys alone but welcome the companionship of a fellow traveler and treasure those that are taken with my husband and children. I can carry all my things in a small back-pack and be gone for five weeks and still look great every day! I'm not afraid to try new things (and sometimes fail) and I am always the first one to volunteer. I am an adventurer. I love the smell of the trees after an early morning rain or the leaves on a warm Indian summer's day. I write poetry and day dream in the morning and can tackle a whole boatload of professional activities throughout the day. I am not afraid to make new friends and I am learning to cherish and cultivate those relationships that are "life-giving" and shed those that pull my spirits downward.

"Being stronger means working harder. Being wiser means thinking longer. The easy path is no path at all; everyone's already doing that one." - Eric Marshall (EJM Designs)

Its funny how who you are as a person has always been staring you in the face every morning waiting to be discovered. Thank you Sherry! I may never hear from you again but you are the muse that opened up my spirit to possibilities. You let me look at myself in a different light. I’ve been trying to find my “voice” for a long time and it has been right in front of me. OK, now, what will I discover next?