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"I do believe in an everyday sort of magic...the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the eerie appropriateness of moments of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we think we're alone." Charles de Lint

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

A Place to Settle

I've found a wonderful place to settle with my Words of Encouragement tags....and this latest version seems just right on so many levels. 

Way back in October when Margie had her fall...I reached out to this blog community.....my friends and family...and my facebook community to send her cards. A Call for Community I called it...because I wanted Margie to know just how big her caring community actually was.
And you responded.....so many people responded. Margie got get well cards and birthday cards. Some of them homemade....all of them with thoughtful notes and words of encouragement. And they just kept coming.

Then...after her death the sympathy and words of condolence came. And they also just kept coming. And I kept every single one.

Just a few days ago I was revisiting the cards....and I was overcome with joy. Then I wondered if these very special cards could be worked into my project. 

Turns out they could! 

So for the past two days I've been cutting up your cards...or at least the ones my cutter can handle....

and glueing the strips onto other pieces of the very same cards.

I love the way the colors blend....just like our diverse community. I'm looking forward to making them into tags and getting them out into the world. I'll share a few things I've learned about the process tomorrow...but I'm pretty excited about where I've landed.

And after reading that post from way back in October it helped me settle on keeping the name...with an added subtitle:

Words of Encouragement
A Call for Community

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  1. dotty seiter: now playingFebruary 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM

    MaryAnn, these tags are simply spectacular.

    Their origin—a call for community to which community reached out with words of encouragement—has now evolved to where the creation and sharing of these one-of-a-kind tags will foster and encourage ever-growing community.

    You are so deftly bringing life to the words of Heather Cox Richardson that you shared in yesterday's post. In your creative hands, in a pas de deux with your innate and practiced eye for color and design, the transformed cards to Margie lend themselves exquisitely to the spread of JOY.

    Methinks Margie is doing a happy dance!

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    1. MaryAnn ShupeFebruary 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM

      Thank you so much Dotty for the validation of my little project. It has been an interesting process for me...but I will have to say that landing here seems so right. Margie was such a woman of faith...and peace and justice...and that makes this seem so important.

      I chucked at your happy dance comment because in her later years I actually caught her dancing....just a little. She really grew into her faith and courage for all things as she got older. There's a part of me that thinks these tags should be called "What Would Margie Say?"

      And....as of late last night I might be starting to figure out what I'm going to do with them all. Thanks for being such a cheerleader and source of support and inspiration.

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  2. LouCFebruary 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM

    What a fantastic idea and way to honor Margie and everyone who has been involved ❣️JOY

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    1. MaryAnn ShupeFebruary 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM

      Thanks Louise! It just feels so right...and a good way to honor our wonderful community of caring and spread a little JOY!

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