Embroidering the beautiful fall season...

I decided at the start of the fall season that I was going to make sure to look around and take in all of the beauty of the changing leaves and the cooler weather...

Then I decided to make a collage and write a Haiku to honor all of the beauty that I was taking the time to see...

I think it is so important to take just a few moments (even if it's just a few seconds) to look around and be thankful for what we have. One of our parents at the school that I work at passed away suddenly last week in her sleep. It made us all stop and really think about what is important in our lives, and what are the stupid things we worry about that really, really, just don't matter.

With Halloween just around the corner, it means that the holiday season is sneaking up fast. Take the time before the year is out - to stop, look around, and really be thankful...