gratitude…

this year has been one of incredible professional accomplishments and heartbreaking personal losses for me…yet as i look towards next year, the one overwhelming feeling that i have is gratitude…

i am grateful for all the little things that make life enjoyable…big hugs, spicy food, chocolate, my warm and cozy home, baseball, gorgeous sunsets,travel, music, books and the perfect cup of coffee…

i am grateful for my love, my dachshund buddy, who gives me unconditional love and kisses everytime he sees me…

i am so grateful for the gift of living in a place where I can start each morning looking at the sea…i start every morning now smelling the salty air and watching the birds dive for fish… 

i am grateful that G-d has blessed me with the ability to give and receive love freely without limitations, boundaries and fear…

i am grateful for every day i  get to wake up and create work that i love and that is meaningful to me and to the people who put their trust in me…

i am grateful for those who believe in my ability to create something special and who continue to support my business and me…

most of all, i am grateful to the people in my life…my incredible family—my boys, who are growing into men before my eyes, my parents who have always supported all of my endeavors no matter how out there and my amazing sisters, who i could not imagine my life without—and my friends, old and new, who lift me up when i’m down, make me laugh, keep me going and remind me what life is really about…LOVE…i have been showered with love…and not only am i so grateful for the enormous amount heaped on me by those closest to me but i am also blessed enough to experience and share the love stories of all of you…my life is filled with love…i am the luckiest girl in the world…

to all of you who may have had a hard year, grab onto those closest to you, remind yourselves of all the good things you have in your life and breathe…when things are not going so great remember that the beauty of life is that it is always moving and changing and you never know what fantastic people, places and things are right around the corner for you…

i wish all of you new adventures, peace and most of all love…

                                                   xoxo