HARMONY ART ORGANIC DESIGN
  • Fabrics
  • Ordering Fabric
    • Fabric Calculator
    • USA Ordering >
      • Organic Cotton Plus
      • Honey Be Good
      • Silver Needle & Thread
      • B2B (business to business)
      • Whoelsale Application
    • EU Ordering
    • EU B2B
  • Who's Using our Fabrics?
    • Featured Designer
    • Accessories
    • Apparel
    • Baby
    • Bedding/Home
    • Children
    • Pets
    • Service Providers
  • Press
    • Online
    • In Print
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Why Organic?
    • Why Organic?
    • Textile Truths
    • Organic Evolution
    • Organic (r)evolution
  • About Us
    • Meet the Team
    • GOTS Certificate
    • History of Harmony Art
    • Artist Statement
    • Speaking
    • Trees Talk
  • Fabric Glossary
  • FAQ
  • BUZZ

100% Organic Cotton Fabrics

For home sewers, businesses, retailers, and anyone who gives a scrap!

I'm in Heaven . . . 

11/1/2012

9 Comments

 
Picture
Picture
Nancy, Janice and me
Yesterday my aunt Janice left this life behind. She had been on hospice for some time. In late June I had the great fortune of spending a week with her and my cousin Nancy in Medford, Oregon. Despite her immobility and and obvious challenges her spirit and spunk was as strong as ever. The sign on the wall behind us in the picture was written by my Aunt Janice. It says: GOD - Gratitude Overcomes Depression.

What a gift to spend time together. That connection can never be taken away from me. Her advice, which she repeated several times a day was, "You just have to be grateful for every moment of every day." I couldn't agree more.

Picture
My aunt, uncle and cousins in the 70's
Picture
my father and my aunt
During our last week together we stayed up late watching The Sound of Music and we watched her (2nd) wedding video which is 90% dancing. We looked through photo albums and reminisced. Our big outing each day was to the "veranda" (aka her back yard) where we would eat a meal and admire the flowers, clouds, or sunset. I played "chef" for the week and Janice wasn't afraid to tell me she didn't like some of my cooking. She owned a Baskin Robbins ice cream store for decades and loved sweets. We ate lots of ice cream.

Although she remained friends with her first husband, her true love she found later in life: Miro. I got to hear about their trips to Slovenia together and their love of dancing.

At night we would put her blanket in the dryer and get it all nice and toasty warm for her. Every time we put it on her she would start singing, "Heaven, I'm in heaven . . . dancing cheek to cheek". . . I can't say what happens when we transition from this life but I like imagining my aunt Janice's vision came true and she is now reunited and dancing with Miro. . .

Thank you aunt Janice for your positive attitude, spunky honesty, zest for life, sense of humor, laughter and love.

9 Comments
teresa link
11/2/2012 02:09:43 am

Aw, Harmony, I'm sorry. So ironic that both our aunts passed within a day of each other. She is in heaven now, maybe our aunts will meet up there and have a chat! :)

Reply
Harmony link
11/3/2012 04:21:11 pm

I like that thought! :)

Reply
Jen link
11/2/2012 04:48:08 am

I'm so sorry to hear of your aunt's passing Harmony, though it sounds like it was as lovely a way to go as it gets. How wonderful that you were able to spend some time with her before she left this world.

Reply
Harmony link
11/3/2012 04:22:23 pm

Thanks Jen.

Reply
Susan Arthur (daughter)
11/3/2012 08:31:21 am

Thank you so much Harmony for making this blog it is really special. I am so glad you were able to spend time with her. She was a special person to every one she met and I am truly blessed to have had such an inspiration in my life to live to the fullest which she did in so many ways. I really love the pictures especially with your dad and her when young. My son Daniel just came up to me while I was looking through this blog and asked if that was Kylie (my daughter) amazing how much resemblence there is in our family. Love to you Susan

Reply
Harmony link
11/3/2012 04:26:47 pm

Big hugs and love to you cousin Susan. Your mom was indeed a very special person!

Reply
MissesStitches link
11/4/2012 07:55:19 am

I'm so sorry to hear this, Harmony. But what a lovely post you have made about it. She sounds like a wonderful woman and aunt to you.

Reply
rose hirscher
11/21/2012 07:10:07 am

Very sweet Harmony! I am still missing my Mommy and Auntie. This photo hit home. Thanks for sharing it with us on your web. Is the rose a "peace rose" or" double delight"? My Mother and Aunt loved them both. Me too. I also love your "Fields of Honey" pattern, do you have any left? Hugs, Rose

Reply
Evan Stafford link
9/1/2013 04:28:03 pm

Great blog post.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    www.HarmonyArt.com

    Harmony in an oak tree

    Harmony Susalla

    Founder of Harmony Art organic design.


    Thought as a System book cover
    currently reading
    Picture

    Archives

    June 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    October 2021
    September 2021
    March 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2019
    July 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    January 2019
    October 2018
    July 2018
    April 2018
    January 2018
    May 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    October 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    January 2015
    September 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    April 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    November 2010
    October 2010
    September 2010
    August 2010
    July 2010
    June 2010
    May 2010
    April 2010
    March 2010
    February 2010
    January 2010

    Categories

    All
    Art
    Books
    Braggin
    Business
    Challenge
    China
    Co Creating
    Co-creating
    Design Process
    Diy
    Family
    Friends
    Giveaways
    Gmos
    Goals
    Gots
    Guests
    Humor
    India
    Interviews
    Knits
    Misc.
    Monsanto
    Organic Fabrics
    Packaging
    Plastic
    Politics
    Product Guides
    Products
    Recycling
    Research
    Retailers
    Sales
    Soapbox
    Speaking
    Special Offer
    Travel
    Tutorial
    Usa
    Video

    RSS Feed

Stay in the Harmony Art information loop:
Subscribe to Newsletter
© harmony art 2005-2023
Proud to be a  member of:
Global Organic Textile Standard Logo
Organic
Certified by IDFL
010655
(707) 884-3347
info@harmonyart.com
PO Box 892 Gualala, CA 95445
  • Fabrics
  • Ordering Fabric
    • Fabric Calculator
    • USA Ordering >
      • Organic Cotton Plus
      • Honey Be Good
      • Silver Needle & Thread
      • B2B (business to business)
      • Whoelsale Application
    • EU Ordering
    • EU B2B
  • Who's Using our Fabrics?
    • Featured Designer
    • Accessories
    • Apparel
    • Baby
    • Bedding/Home
    • Children
    • Pets
    • Service Providers
  • Press
    • Online
    • In Print
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Why Organic?
    • Why Organic?
    • Textile Truths
    • Organic Evolution
    • Organic (r)evolution
  • About Us
    • Meet the Team
    • GOTS Certificate
    • History of Harmony Art
    • Artist Statement
    • Speaking
    • Trees Talk
  • Fabric Glossary
  • FAQ
  • BUZZ