Hello to everyone! I just wanted to say personally, just how much I am missing everyone! I was so honored to have you all here for Dinner last Friday! ALL of the retreat guests and My Camp Water guests are all such gems of wonder and goodness and I miss each one of you this morning. Thank you to my guests who helped me in those final hours before the dinner began - you were wonderful and so generous with your time -- missing the jam in order to help me. And then to all who helped with the clean-up--WOW! And then Monday, You left my home so clean and together that I can hardly tell you were here, EXCEPT for the BEAUTIFUL SPARKLES and GLITTER that are dancing as the sunlight streams through this morning. You all are so beautiful and truly EXCEPTIONAL human beings. You have filled my heart to overflowing AND have filled my home with the greatest memories! I have only lived here 13 months, yet I have the best memories here already with having hosted folks for TWO HOOPPATH RETREATS. Your magical essence is forever present here and I FEEL IT - Thank you!
Next time, we must video the dressing and adornment frenzy before the ball!~~It is so quiet here now, I am longing for a house full of 16 women in colors, feathers, ribbons, sparkle, glitter, and make-up all sharing outfits and helping each other express their full on hooping goddess DIVA self!!!!! Sigh............ I love you all!!! Come Back!!
Next time, we must video the dressing and adornment frenzy before the ball!~~It is so quiet here now, I am longing for a house full of 16 women in colors, feathers, ribbons, sparkle, glitter, and make-up all sharing outfits and helping each other express their full on hooping goddess DIVA self!!!!! Sigh............ I love you all!!! Come Back!!
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Re: House Full of Joy and Sparkle!
Fri, July 4, 2008 - 6:48 AMI don't think we were joking about moving in... ;)
Honestly, Mary... it was so, so wonderful to stay with you. You are such a kind and thoughtful hostess and friend. I felt welcomed and cared for as soon as I heard you and Colleen on the phone during my ride down - and I hadn't even crossed the NC border yet. :) It was comfortable, bright, peaceful....such a reflection of YOU. Everywhere you looked there was something that said "Mary"; It was an honor to share your space. We really had a fabulous group of people there... It's taking some time to gather my thoughts about the weekend in general and I do have more to say to you. Please know how grateful I am to have stayed with you -- what an incredible difference it made to feel so comfortable there while away from home. I felt at home in your house.
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Re: House Full of Joy and Sparkle!
Fri, July 4, 2008 - 9:24 AMI have to add that I am totally serious about not giving up my room for next year's Retreat, Mer*i*posa! I may be a local by then, but it wouldn't feel right if I couldn't stay with you. I promise to be your #1 helper extrordinaire, but only if I get to stay in Marley's closet! -
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Re: House Full of Joy and Sparkle!
Fri, July 4, 2008 - 10:49 AMMarley's closet = otherwise known as "Melissa's pad!" You got it girl, it's always Your room for the retreat!!!!!! So glad you are comfy in that small square footage! Oh, I miss you! I have that radio station streamin through the house and out on the decks right now, it is sunny and the trees are talking to me. I am spinnin and livin in wonderful thoughts about last weekend. I miss my sparkling laughing Water Women! -
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Re: House Full of Joy and Sparkle!
Sat, July 5, 2008 - 8:06 AMMariposa, Mary Water! We love you! Thank you again for opening your home to a bunch of Monsters. You were the hostest with the mostest. We can't wait until your Florida visit. More sunshine, sparkles and smiles await you here. In the meantime, we will be thinking of you often and remembering what a fabulous time we had at Camp Water. Yes, and I'm putting in a bid to stay with you again next year too. Camping under the stars in that gorgeous North Carolina weather was amazing. You made us feel at home and I really do feel like I have an extended family now. I'm so grateful to have bonded with the sweet hoop sisters of our mini tribe at Camp Water, in addition to all of the other wonderful people who I met over the course of the weekend. I'll be missing all of you.
And Mary, thank you again for being so warm and welcoming. Love, love, love to you! -
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Re: House Full of Joy and Sparkle!
Mon, July 7, 2008 - 7:25 PMMary, you're such an amazing spirit! Thank you for making Camp Water the wonderful, sisterly, nurturing, soothing, spunky, shiny, oasis that it is. Those little pieces of glitter are just reflections of your own sparkly self. It was great to get to spend more time with you this Ring. I'm counting the days until next summer :) Much love to you, and I still want to get together and do crafts!
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Re: House Full of Joy and Sparkle!
Tue, July 8, 2008 - 9:17 AMThank you Jessica! I will be in touch about the creative crafting time. Hooray, I head out to the NC coast tomorrow for vacation with my children and while I am there I will be working on the extended calendar .......SOOOOOOOO, look to hear from me in the next several weeks. I am keeping my fingers crossed that we will be communing again this fall for creative costuming and adornment time! Sparkle on everyone! We will have a Sparkulation Celebration!!!!
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