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13 years ago @ http://upupcreative.bl... - not a cry for help, a ... · 0 replies · +3 points

Hi Julie. I hope this bit of time has eased things for you, or at least allowed some courses of action to show themselves for you.
I, too, am familiar with these struggles and the toll they can take physically. I also remember having countless conversations with myself about how things could be so much worse, about how others have more real problems than I, and about how life couldn't be easy--if it was, how would we grow, change, learn what we need to learn? After a few too many of those conversations over the course of (too many) years, it finally occurred to me that, while those things are true, my story matters, too. By engaging in those comparatives, I was discounting the worth of my experiences and my story.
No matter what's going on, be it awful or wonderful or somewhere in between, remember that your story matters.

14 years ago @ http://upupcreative.bl... - julie\'s first day out · 0 replies · +1 points

Congrats! Have a great first day!

p.s. I totally second the pita pizza idea! :)

14 years ago @ http://upupcreative.bl... - experiments in radness... · 0 replies · +1 points

am intrigued. and think it's awesome that you're taking that angst and doing something about it -- go julie!

14 years ago @ http://upupcreative.bl... - a letter to my kids · 0 replies · +1 points

So, so sweet. They sound pretty amazing. And how wonderful of you to document it.

15 years ago @ http://upupcreative.bl... - upupcreative.blogspot.... · 0 replies · +1 points

Such a great idea, Julie! We do the same -- my kids are 9 and 4. It's still sometimes a struggle (for them! I have loads of ideas about what we can part with...) but never once in the 5 years of doing this have they missed a toy they placed in our "donation box." We also do toy and coat drives at school and church and I really hope they're getting the message that we can and should do for others and that doing so is part of what makes this season so special. __

15 years ago @ http://upupcreative.bl... - elopement announcements · 0 replies · +1 points

Love the idea, the design, all of it!! Beautiful, Julie!

15 years ago @ http://upupcreative.bl... - de-scarifying the scar... · 0 replies · +1 points

Ah, Julie, this post is another reason why I love your blog and am so happy I stumbled on it those many months ago.__Thank you for your effort to de-scarify the scary thoughts – reading your take has made me more able to articulate mine. __You wrote about, so I did, and now I feel better. Thank you. :)

15 years ago @ http://upupcreative.bl... - preview of coming attr... · 0 replies · +1 points

Love so many of them, I can't pick a favorite!
Though I really want that "Older. Wiser?" one for my BIL. :)

Nice job, Julie!

15 years ago @ http://upupcreative.bl... - ah, summer... · 0 replies · +1 points

I, too, feel what you're saying -- from the frustrating recurrence of anxiety, from the seeming inability to make it go away even though you know it's anxiety and not something more, to the fear that it will come back, to the wishing not so much to go back to before as to move forward already. Been there. And, not that I'd wish it on anybody but, it is something to see it so aptly described by another person.

Keep in mind everything you've learned, savor the good moments because they do multiply, and keep charging forward. You're doing well really -- your energy and business success are proof of that! :)

Best to you!

15 years ago @ http://upupcreative.bl... - your turn again · 0 replies · +1 points

Love the short & wide one (at the bottom). What a terrific idea, that wraparound label!
I like the others, too, though I wonder if the other wide wraparound is really workable for all the varied sizes of envelopes out there in the world. :)

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