I began this blog July 5th 2006...13 years ago. I was an active writer. I kept it up. I was a prolific creator, I made it happen. About four years ago, I just lost the mojo. The writing was work. The photos were work. I had "real work" that demanded more time. Work that paid more than blogging did. I had children who were aging into their own lives that I had to manage and so the time to "trim excess things" from my daily to do list came and blogging was one huge thing that I put on the chopping block.
For the last four years I have paid an annual fee to keep this blog. You see, I wasn't ready to say a final good bye. I wasn't ready to close the book. "Surely I have another chapter to write." I would think. And so as each year's fee came close to being due I would evaluate and still I haven't been able to say good bye. And you know what? I am still not ready! I know I titled this entry "Does anyone even read blogs anymore?" and the honest truth at this point in my life is that I don't really need an answer to that. I will write as I have time. I will share photos as I have some to share. I have years of pent up words. Years of images with notes jotted down in my memory to share.
If you have just stumbled upon my blog for the first time - Hello! I look forward to hearing from you. If you followed me due to stamping, paper crafting, jewelry making anything crafty etc ~ HELLO! AGAIN! I will tell you this, even in this turbulent time of my life I am still creative. I am no longer "in the industry" so to speak. No one seeks my design eye any longer, no one pays me to be creative, to represent them, to test their products, to write their instructions, to instruct their customers. I no longer have clients, and deadlines. But what got me started in the industry, my need to be creative, is still there - alive and well with a voice that has yet to be silenced.
If you want to see what I have been up to recently I have kept a scant glimpse going on on my Facebook and Insta
https://www.facebook.com/PinkLemonadeKLS
@pinklemonadekls
I will be back, but right now I have to dash to St Jude with my son who is fighting Leukemia...another few chapters of my last few years of life that you will be hearing about. So - fair warning. PinkLemonade is not going to be JUST CRAFTING - it is going to be LIFE - real, raw, beautiful, messy, creative, sad, happy, angry, hopeful, determined....you name it... truth.
Til next time - whenever that will be.
K
