Something for your Valentine

Three hundred sixty-five days round the clock gives us plenty of time to tell the ones we care about how much we love them. Just like we appreciate each other every day, there is always a day, your birthday, where we celebrate you. We should also celebrate love that way, and that is why the 14th of February is an important day on the love calendar. Everybody loves to be loved, and just saying the words "I love you" to others is not enough; to some, it is even hard to say those words to anyone out loud. Actions speak louder, and what you demonstrate will speak volumes of how you feel inside.

This is a day to express love and affection to our family, friends, and significant others. We send beautiful and thoughtful messages to them to show them how much we care. We hope that we make them feel exceptional. Over the years, valentine's has become more for couples. They organize romantic dates with beautiful flowers, a picnic, chocolates, adorably big teddy bears, and candlelit dinners in a room full of rose petals. Being a day dedicated to love, many marriage proposals are often made on Valentine's day.

This year, why not take your valentine’s plan a notch higher with our Hearts note card. Spread the love to your special ones with a unique handmade card that expresses love and happy thoughts, especially after a tough year; remind them how much they mean to you. When gifted to someone, it makes them feel like the only person in the world that matters. The thought put into a handmade card sets it apart from the other notecards. Forget the extravagance that comes with valentine's day, how people try so hard to make it memorable and end up stressed about how it would turn out. Start simple with this notecard for only $4.00 and beautiful genuine words of affection and see how it sets the valentine mood from 0 to 100. Made with love, this card will undoubtedly be a memorable valentine's gesture.

 

Myeloma Awareness Month

In late 2004 I decided to go back to school. I wanted to study Graphic Design. I was doing graphic design for our Noteworthy Crafts site, but wanted to learn more and have some other marketable skills. I was planning my escape from my job that I had been at for 15 years.

I started school in January of 2005 at Northlake in Irving. I'd go to school on Tuesday and Thursday and fly Friday-Sunday. One day in painting class my phone rang. I looked at it and it was my mom. I wondered why she was calling me since she knew I was in class. She told me she had an appointment with an oncologist and then she segued into something else. I was like, wait what? Go back. Did you say you have an appointment with an oncologist? She replied "yes," and kept going with whatever else she was trying to change the subject to. I asked what type of cancer she was being tested for. She replied, "Myeloma," and changed the subject again. Then got off the phone. I went to the bathroom and cried. Pulled myself together and went back to class.

I knew it was a rare type of cancer but didn't know much else. I looked it up. I thought to myself "Dear God." Got home. Called her back. And asked 1001 questions. I asked what she thought. If she thought she had it and if she had symptoms. "Oh, no" She replied. "You don't need to come home now." I knew she was lying. But I still couldn't bring myself to come home. When she was diagnosed a few weeks later she called me in class to tell me. And hurried off the phone. It was Thursday. I went to work the next day. Got back Sunday. Flew to OKC. She was sick. I was devastated. I couldn't believe it. I usually came home every month but hadn't since I was in school. I was shocked that she had deteriorated so much since I had been home in February. It was August. A week before my birthday. And I was crushed that no one told me.

For the next few months, she would be in and out of the hospital. For the first few weeks or so I couldn't cope. I couldn't think clearly. I was in shock. Then one day I went and bought a sketch pad and started drawing. My thoughts became clear. And we did everything we needed to do. We were told she had two to three years. I knew that was not accurate. She was deteriorating rapidly. Turns out I was right. She had lymphoma as well. She died peacefully while my cousin Mike and I sat by her bed on June 23rd, 2006.

This is one of the drawings I did in her hospital room. I titled the series my "HR" series. This drawing is titled HR 5. March is Myeloma Awareness Month. Do something to help if you can. Volunteer. Donate.

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