She's back!

Ok, enough is enough. I have not blogged in ages. I had miles of to-do lists at the beginning of summer including, but not limited to: fashion shoots, design work, teaching, marketing, travel plans, weddings, etc... and life knocked me over. Being the somewhat green and environmentally friendly person that I am, I bike to work and around town. I also recycle and compost, but that's beside the point.

In June I was biking to work. And on one fateful morning,

I was hit by an SUV.

That'll stop pretty much anyone in their tracks. Teaching stopped. Work stopped. Sewing stopped. Design stopped. Aspirations were put on hold. The only thing that started was me learning how to properly function again. Frustrating to the max, I will tell you that. Learning how to sit up properly again, retraining every freaking muscle in my body to do what it did before. Ugh, not fun. The good I found in the trial was that luckily everything had been simply knocked out of place or torn, nothing was broken (miraculously).

Over two months later I can finally sit with only localized pain in my back and my knee - which means this girl is gonna be back in front of her sewing machine ASAP. Teaching will resume. Designing will resume. Work will resume. And it is exciting!

I know I have been talking about whether or not I'll keep Ania around for the long haul or not. I'm hitting this silly mid-twenties crisis that's sending me across the world in the next year. But the one thing I know is that I'm really sinking deep into my own identity, finding and strengthening my passions, and trying to share that journey with others along the way. For now, Ania will remain as creative as possible, and give as much as possible with the gifts she has been given. She has been looked on with favor and grace.