I have always admired those Christmas trees that are designed each year in the colours and trends of the season. I have friends and family whose trees are gorgeously decorated, uniform, symetrical and I absolutely love the way they become a piece of art in the room. While I so enjoy those trees, ours is decorated “eclectically” with pieces of our history together as a family. Many of our decorations have been handmade by our children or are gifts that we have received from special friends and family. Every time I open the box of decorations we smile, reminisce and remember those people who have been a huge part of our lives when we pick up those gifted ornaments. I love our tree - I always have and I always will. It is not a designer tree, nor is it a trendy tree, but it is a tree of our lives together and each year we add more memories to it. To me, it is the collection of those memories that makes it feel like Christmas. What one thing stands out as special for you?
I read somewhere that in order to find what it is that you are meant to do, you need to think back to your childhood and determine which experiences stood out in your mind as the best. In addition to baking with my grandmother, I remember wall-papering and re-wallpapering every room in our house with my mom. I’m sure I complained about that at some point (and no … I’m not telling you I should have gotten into the wallpapering business) but what I remember most is the joy I felt after it was all completed. I remember being amazed at how we could completely transform the feel of a room just by adding a bit of paint and paper. I loved sitting in my room for hours after it was just finished and my dark purple walls with 1970’s funky wallpaper seemed to open me up to a thousand new possibilities. I believe that feng shui and interior design is what I have always been meant to do. What are you meant to do?
