When I think about my life so far, it brings me a smile, usually. There isn’t really anything to smile about, but I am lucky to have a life that is everything but boring.

I am not made for easy journeys, I guess. I could have gone against it, trying to stay on track. But I chose to embrace it as it came. Taking each bump on the road as a lesson yet to be learned. And this is what makes it so full.

I wouldn’t be the one I am today without all theses bumps. And I can’t imagine what my life would have been then. Even if I try. I see my  life as such a rich journey. Of course, I would have loved to avoid some events. I would have kept my daughter alive. But she is the one who gives me the energy that guides me on this new path I have to walk. And it’s the memory of her smile that makes me smile. I now live for the two of us. And she wouldn’t live small. So it’s up to me to live each and every second at its fullest.

To me life is a beautiful way to grow. And I am grateful I got to grow in my own way, and to be able to share some of it now. And at the end of the day, that’s what really matters: growing.

So here is your challenge:

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One card a week 45

Quote: « Without rain nothing grows, learn to embrace the storms of your life.

Pattern: walp

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Here are the rules of the challenge:

• Each thursday, I’ll give you a quote and a pattern to play with. You can use both, you can use only one of them, it’s up to you.
• You have till the next wednesday to make your card and share it with us in the facebook group (just ask to be added, and I will open the doors wide open to you )
• The goal of this challenge it just to offer yourself a time to have fun with pens and cards, to ponder on words, to enjoy a ME time. We tend to forget about ourselves so easily! And sharing is such a beautiful thing to experiment in our life!

And here is my card: