May Day

This May is a big month for me...it's been 5 years cancer-free for me, my son has his 35th birthday this month, we moved to the coast 17 years ago in May and last May I signed up for the bead journal project!
Today I'll be starting the last bjp piece for the first year and this is what I said at the beginning of this wonderful project, on my post of May 19, 2007:

"Now that I've got most of the fabric selected and fused and ready for beading, I'm collecting other bits and pieces I want to use sometime during the next year. I am at year 4 of my breast cancer diagnosis and all the tests and exams are still coming out clear, so I'm going to do my bead journal on the theme of Facing Forward. I've always collected faces and have been using a lot of them in my earlier series of Guardian Spirits, so I will be using a different face (bead, cabochon or pendent) for each month. I'm also beginning to make a few of my own design from polymer clay and may use them in the later months when I'm happier with the results......I have to keep reminding myself that I'm a beginner at face sculpture and not to expect too much at first. It also helps me to remember how frustrating beading was in the beginning when I felt like I was all thumbs and there was thread showing all over the place!"

So I'm celebrating lots of things this month and the page will hopefully express my feelings of joy and thankfulness at still being here! On to the last page of "Facing Forward"....thank goodness I have the whole summer to decide on next years theme!