Several
years ago, as I was puttering along with my “little” design business, a friend
and I decided that it would be fun to create together.
Exactly what, we weren’t
sure…
but determined we began 7thJoy.
The
name, just a little reference to our July births and the joy that creating with
your hands can bring!!!
I first
met Robin McCarty McKay when St. Philip and I moved to Timbergreen near Tomball
and had the pleasure of hosting part of the neighborhood Christmas progressive dinner. Robin showed up in her MoveOverMartha fashion, with a thoughtful hostess gift of homemade Fireside Coffee in of course, the sweetest
little gift tin...
and I’ve been impressed by her talents ever since!
This wasn’t
the Christmas Party…but an example of the fun she can be with friends in tow…Bunco
night joke played on me by her & cohort Alisa!
It wasn’t
until much later though...a move away from Texas and back to Tomball (me not her),
boys growing up (mine and hers), my oldest getting married (her by my side, God
bless her!); that we realized we had much more in common than living
outnumbered in our male dominated homes and our love for creating beautiful
things.
And as we’ve
weathered through these past 12+ years, getting to truly know each other, realizing
our common obsessions, our shared interests, our strengths and weaknesses…much more
has happened than creating together!
And I am forever grateful!
Many
Madonna pillows, corporate gift baskets, paper wreaths, sweater scarfs, Christmas
ornaments, crosses and infamous peasant bags later, we are bonded by a triple
stitch strong sisterhood!
7thJoy shenanigans
in our past, she weary and off to new adventures, myself busy with sweet clients and GraceReclaimed, I
reluctantly let our 7thJoy website/domain go this past month. Bittersweet of course! But nonetheless graced by its part in an everlasting
kinship!
So Happy
Birthday Robin, my talented, BetterthanMartha Friend! It’s been a ride! Thanks for sticking with me through the creative
bliss, the calamity of guy raising (all of them!) and this thing we call
mid-life! And thanks for teaching me that
rule following isn’t always necessary! You
are a beautiful blessing! Love, b
