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About Us
Once upon a time, I was told that I couldn't do it. That I shouldn't dare. That the dream was too
risky. That the risks too scary. The only people behind me were my three sons. And together, my
three sons and I built a dream. Can you imagine building a dream with your sons? There are days I
feel like the luckiest person alive. And that feeling has its roots in the darkest time in my life.
How's that for something to think about on those dark days? Gold is found in that darkness. Gold
that you don't even know exists. Hang on to that thought and come be part of our journey.
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so, i thought i would just present it as "the scoop." here's the scoop. the scoop of what bone sigh arts is about, and what we're about.
as noted in the bio section, bone sigh arts started out as an act of sheer desperation. i was a stay at home/home schooling mom who needed a source of income. the original intent of bone sighs was to support myself. i made no secret about that, saying repeatedly "it's a business. i need to feed my kids." it was nice that there were so many wonderful parts to the job.......but it was a business. the practicality of motherhood was the drive. three growing teenagers that never stopped eating was the push.
oh, my. has it all changed. but it's so mixed and tied together and changing, just as everything in life is. i absolutely still need to pay my bills. no, we certainly haven't hit the big time with sighs of relief. it's a constant wondering where the money will come to pay the bills, hoping that the numbers will work out, that kinda thing. but the kids and i have been on our own totally for awhile now, and we are making it. so i've decided it's important for me to stop saying "i think we'll make it." and start saying "we're doing it!"
this gives us a little room to change the focus.
thru the bone sigh journey, we've all been moved with how the bone sighs touch lives. i say this with hesitation. i don't want to sound cockey at all. because i'm not. truth is, i don't really understand any of this. i'm taking stuff that's running thru me so strongly, i need to spill it out, and somehow it's touching others. how can this be? how does this work? i have no idea. all i know is that we're hearing over and over again that it is doing so. i want to honor that. i want to believe in that. i want to believe that what we do with and for each other matters. i want to teach my boys that reaching out, giving, being sincere and caring makes you who you are. and most importantly, i want to follow my heart and open my heart. continually, continually work on the act of opening my heart.
so this year we're aiming at reaching out to women in any way we can. actually, we're reaching out to PEOPLE in any way we can. but it's mostly women we deal with. we're in the brainstorming stages of trying to get our website to be a community where people can come and share and be supported. where there's encouraging words and compassion. if you really want a bone sigh and can't afford one, write us.....we'll work something out. if you do art and or poetry and want a place to put it, write us, we have a page devoted just for that. if you have a suggestion for our site, suggest it!
so....i guess, in a nutshell.....our mission is to follow our hearts and to help others to do the same. here's hoping we can all find the strength to do so!
~ Honor Yourself ~