When hubby is your best friend

My husband has always been my best friend and my strongest supporter and I am so grateful to have him in my life. When I'm happy, he helps me celebrate the moment in small touching ways. When I have a crazy idea, he helps me make it into a reality, and usually much better than I could have hoped for. When I'm sad he always knows what to say to me to bring a smile to my face, even through a cloudburst of tears. He lifts me up and gives me strength and confidence.

I love the twinkle in the man's eye when he thinks something silly/corny and can't resist sharing it, like a mischievous child. He loves corny jokes, but he also has a really wicked sense of humor when he thinks something is too extreme.


I love watching him brainstorm because he has such a vivid imagination and he's so mechanically inclined that he can make wonders out of mundane objects; a ceiling fan motor, a 5 gallon bucket, a wire spool, a water bottle and a length of bed railing become a handmade stone polisher for the cabochons he cuts, polishes and sells in his ArtFire studio, CabNFever.

I've seen him use an old matching metal head and foot board set as the railing on a little curved bridge, and my old 1992 town car runs better than some of my friends' brand new cars, even though it looks weird, lol.

The thing I appreciate the most, though, is the fact that we're almost always on the same wave length. It's so rare for us to not instantly understand one another that those times we're a little out of sync can be really disruptive!

So, if you got this far, thanks for letting me share what's in my heart tonight, I hope you have some of these same warm feelings.

Now that ArtFire has left Beta

These are Open Letters to the Staff of ArtFire from Jewelry On The Rocks and glittercritter



Dear John and Danielle,

Thank you so much for having the vision and the accumen to start something as completely impressive as ArtFire and the insight to hire such gifted and nice people to help you build it. I am constantly humbled by the care that has gone into this amazing adventure and the fact that you've built it from pure imagination is one of my personal 7 wonders of the world.

Thank you so much,

Margaret



Dear Tony,

As the face and voice of ArtFire you give the site it's "personality", and we all have so much to learn from you, professionally as well as personally. You have a huge heart and an acute mind. That you have come into my life in this way is one of the many blessings that I count; your concern for me as a business affiliate and as a person have made me dissolve in tears of gratitude and wonder more than once, sometimes several times a day.

Thank you so much for being who you are and for doing what you are doing. You are a pillar of strength, a paragon of virtue and a guiding light in a world that seems to be slowly darkening. I am so fortunate to have had a chance to be even on the very edge of your influence and feel so safe knowing that your hand is at ArtFire's helm. Thank you also for your patience and fortitude.

I am so proud of the work that you and the rest of the team are doing, and so impressed by the almost seamless launch of such a massive undertaking. I promise to help in any way that I can.

Much respect, gratitude and affection,

Margaret



Dear Jen,

You are a jewel, you are so sweet and supportive and honest and kind. That you and ArtFire found each other when you're hundreds of miles apart makes me grateful to those pioneers who invented and perfected the internet. You are an amazing woman and one that makes a fabulous role model. Much love and wishes for happiness in all of your endeavors,

Margaret



Dear Caleb, Jessica, Kyle, Kirsten, Kevin and Sara,

I am eternally so glad that you're the people that are helping behind the scenes. You are the backbone of ArtFire and I am indebted to each of you personally. Thank you so much for all of your help,

Margaret