in reply to @pkh3381 Thank you. Your note means so much to me, that I wish I could hug you as opposed to virtually. Just so you know, I spend most evenings staying up late to work on these cards I make with dried and pressed flowers, and while I am doing so, I am always listening to music with my headphones. Tonight a song played, "The Long and Winding Road" and upon hearing that song, I was taken back to the Christmas day before my father died, as I had been playing this song on the stereo while at my mother's house making dinner for myself, my sister, and my partner and her daughter. I felt as though I had been taken back something like 30 years and could recall every minute detail of that day, right down to the food I cooked, the way I prepared it etc. I can even remember my mother screaming at me as I removed the phone from her hand when my cousin in Vancouver called my dad to wish him a Merry Christmas. Naturally, I began crying when I heard the song, and sent an email to my sister telling her that sometimes my memory is my worst enemy. I have been told I have a photographic memory, and while I am not sure if this is true, sometimes my memory scares me.
Yes, we "pay if forward" sometimes everyday. That's how I live my life because it gives me such joy. Last week I saw one of my doctors for the last time and brought with me about 30 or 40 of my cards, all individually wrapped in packages of 5 cards, to give to her staff, people I do not even know. Giving gives me such pleasure. But here's the best part, giving away those cards has provided me with a jumpstart on some new and incredible designs I never thought possible.

I do not think the month of December will ever be the same for me, but I have bought my friend so many cute gifts on TEMU that I can't wait for her to open them. She may be demented, but she still gets excited about Christmas, and I am going to make sure she has the best Christmas ever!

You are awesome. Happy holidays and thank you for helping me as you did,