I’m here today to share my heart and some personal news. I have stepped down from my position as Design Team Coordinator for Taylored Expressions. This decision did not come easily, in fact it was a heart-wrenching struggle over some time. I love Taylor, TE, and the Baker’s Dozen Design Team. Being the Design Team Coordinator was a dream I had from the very earliest days of TE and I was thrilled when Taylor offered to move me into the position. I have loved doing it.
That being said, I have more recently found myself overwhelmed, exhausted, and unhappy as I have struggled to keep up with the combination of TE DTC and my job as the church Office Manager. I never want to give less than my heart and soul, MY ALL, but that’s where I’ve found myself. Both jobs require a tremendous amount of mental and emotional energy and I found myself constantly coming up short. I finally had to admit that something had to give.
I have to take this opportunity to publically thank Taylor for allowing me to be a part of TE from the beginning. I really can’t express how much I love being involved in the company and watching it grow! I am beaming with pride for you and all you have accomplished with TE in 5 short years! I know that Taylor and I will always be friends and I plan to continue to work with her behind the scenes in product development as I have always done, but in a much smaller capacity.
As of today, Stephanie Kraft is the new TE Design Team Coordinator. Stephanie is going to be wonderful and I’m so happy for her and for the team!
I’ve never been a person to embrace change or run towards it, but throughout my life I have gotten better at accepting it and trusting the Lord through it.
Even though this is quite difficult at the moment, I know it will be a good thing in the long run. I look forward to having more time (and hopefully finding the passion again) to stamp just for fun. I might even renew the desire to blog on a more regular basis again. I will continue to teach my monthly stamp classes and am hopeful that the prep will seem less stressful now. Overall, I’m just needing a little simpler, more peaceful life. {Perhaps that is just menopause talking? I’m not sure! LOL} I will remain plenty busy, that’s for sure, and I look forward to this new season of my life.
Here is a devotional blog post that helped me as I struggled to make this decision: When Change is Hard. I’d encourage you to read it.
I had planned to create a card to share today along with this post, but when it came right down to it, I was honestly just too emotionally exhausted to create anything. Instead I am re-posting one of my all-time favorite TE creations from way back in April of ’09 featuring one of my all-time favorite stamp sets, Branching Out. Your friendship is a blessing. I love this sentiment as I have been so blessed by my friendships with so many of you!
Thank you for taking the time to read this. I appreciate each one of you! With much love…
