Guest guest Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 well at least now i feel better for not having mailed mine - i'm going to try to get them out this week but i hope you all will forgive me for not getting it done sooner -- the good news is since i procrastinated so long you will all get a picture as well because i just had one done when i got my puppy and it was such a great picture i decided to send them in my christmas cards Cole > > I, too, truly appreciate the cards but also feel so guilty for not > having > mailed ours. I'd planned to do so this weekend, but got sick early > Friday - well, you know how that goes. I hadn't realized, stupidly, that > we > should send photos and spent last night after was in bed finding > good ones. She goes back to her house tomorrow, so cards may be late, > but they're coming. Martha --- who seems to always be late. I think it's > the > Perkins' influence! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Oh Yuka, I can't wait to get the card. The last picture of I have on my computer is the one where he was going to prom (can't remember if senior or junior) and he looked so incredibly handsome! > > Dear Beloved Charge List- > > Our family has not sent out a Christmas card in six years. So much good > intention - never really got the photo together, was in a habit of including > a newsletter, and never really had the right moment and inspiration, blah > blah blah...each years delay made the plans for the following even more > daunting... this card exchange put things in a whole new priority. I wanted > the cards to be ontime. I wanted there to be a photo of our family. I wanted > a montage of to somehow show that the rough start does eventually lead > somewhere..... You can have anything you want, you can't have everything. > Wanting the cards to be ontime made the rest being " just right " secondary. > So, I managed a montage accessing only one small photo album and proofs of > 's senior portrait. I literally called the family together on a school > night, set the camera up with the remote on a kitchen chair. Took six > pictures and chose the best of the six. Sent it to Target on-line photo and > picked them up the next day. The series of photos that resulted in the one > for the card are so funny - it makes a lovely flip book of our family " in > action " . ) > > I love the cards we have received so far. I love the loving, worn, > cracked-open look all our families have. I love the feeling of blessing and > acceptance - heaven here right now. Is this a glimpse of what a conference > will be like? I am not sure how I will manage faced with the overwhelming > substance of our families in person. > > Thank you all so very much- > > love, > yuka > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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