Tonight I am very aware of my anticipation. 
I am anticipating a big day tomorrow. A day which will realize a dream I have held close to my heart for many years….
For almost five years I have reflected often on how as a single woman, I miss out on the opportunity to have an event celebration. I am often choked up with emotion at a wedding or anniversary party at the reality of the room being filled with people who have journeyed with the people we are there to honor or celebrate. I can honestly share that I have longed to have that experience.
And to that end, I am hosting a Tapestry Party. An event where 200 of those people who have impacted my life will gather. I will have friends and family from as far back as when I lived in Canada and all through the years. I have selected people who have left a very clear imprint on my heart. I am excited to experience something I have dreamed of and created. I am a bit anxious but the anticipation and joy of the journey is much stronger than my anxiety. I am praying for a wonderful day and evening. I am hopeful I will hold memories of this until my breath stops or my memory fails me. I have felt so loved and embraced by my family in the planning…..I am ready….I am blessed….I am filled with gratitude!
I will share more in the coming days. I will have pictures and video’s and stories galore. But for now I must finish some last-minute details….cause when I awaken the day will have arrived. The day of my Tapestry Party!
I will leave you with a bit of the invitation….
A word from Trish on a “Tapestry Party”…
I am a 41-year-old woman
who decided that I would
love to have the people who
are important to me
gathered in one place to
celebrate. Most often this
happens in the context of
family life (weddings, the
birth of children, etc.) and,
of course, at funerals! Since
I have not followed the
paths that lead to those
events, I am having a
Tapestry Party – a
gathering of those people
who have left their imprint
on my life, making me who I
am today. You are one of
those people and I would
love to celebrate with you
before I arrive at my
funeral!
