Celebrating.
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Sitting in the Minneapolis airport this morning (waiting for my delayed flight of course) I was catching up on some of my favorite blogs. One thing I was struck by as I read was the emphasis on celebrating life. Celebrating friendships. Celebrating what is good and true and lovely and real...and lending support for those times when it is most needed. It was uplifting. And just so nice.
That is what I love about blogs. This sense of celebration.
This is also what I have come to love about attending CKU's. It is there that scrapbooking is celebrated. Being around 600 other women (and a couple men) who share the same passion for recording memories, for working with their hands, for telling stories - is an amazing, uplifting, inspiring adventure.
I remember my first experience at CKU - it was a very emotional experience for me. I was touched by so many things. By the teachers. And my classmates. All of these people who were there because they LOVED scrapbooking as much as me - it was crazy and wonderful. I try to take this sense of emotion with me each time I go now to teach - to remember what it felt like for me the first time I was surrounded by so many kindred spirits.
CKU has become for me a chance to celebrate friendships as well. Women that I took classes from in Vancouver have become my friends - some of them very good friends. Spending time with Donna and Cathy before CKU this time around was just awesome. It is people like those two (and so many more)...but it is also the new people I meet each time. Smiling faces. Kind words. So very cool.
And you know what? Tonight I get to celebrate with Chris and Sting.
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So glad to hear you got time to celebrate some of your friendships! Travel safely, and have a great time tonight!
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You're going to have such a blast at Sting! I've been keeping up with the tour virtually. Have a great trip home and a great time tonight!
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Lucky you... i think of you & sting tonight !
This is my favorite singer too... i just love her style & music. My favorite one is "when we dance"...
Good night and travel safely Ali !
;-)
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I agree with your assessment of CKU. I went to Provo 2003 & had a blast. Finally, a group of people who "got me." Know what I mean? It was fun to meet & hang out with people that were as excited & obsessed with scrapbooking as I was. I look forward to going again...and maybe sitting in on one of your classes. ;)
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Welcome back! I missed reading your blogs while you were at CKU!
Have fun tonite!
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Welcome back, Ali! So cool that you had such a great time at CKU! I look forward to going some time soon. Next time CK is back in the NW, I'm so there! Have a great time tonight! :)
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Ali, we didn't get to formally meet, but it was fun getting to see you in action at CKU this weekend. I was only there on Thursday night as a visitor, but I got a kick out of the whole thing. It looks like you all were having such a great time...infectious!
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I get a kick out of how much fun you guys seem to have - as much as the rest of us. Love the picture on Cathy Z's blog - paraffin anyone?? I only met you briefly this past weekend, and I have to say "Thank You." You are such an inspiration to me - your work is so cool. I couldn't get into your class, but I heard it was awesome. So sad for me.... good thing I have friends who share, and are a little sneaky, too. LOL
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Ali, I'm new to your blog and wanted to say that I met you at CKU MN (the Aussie girl). It was an emotional experience for me and I'm just so glad that I'm not the only one who felt that way about my first one!
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