Crafted by Grace

Registration is now open for March 5-8, our annual spring all-inclusive retreat at Asbury in Silver Lake.  This is your chance to be creative for hours uninterrupted, sleep in every day if you like, snack and visit to your heart's content ... and even be served two excellent meals each day! Come get away to spend time with your friends, or make new ones!  And the best news?   I have decided to extend my 2025 pricing to both of my 2026 retreats! 🩷 Here's your 3 minute form to Register!   https://form.jotform.com/240698730317158 Don't forget, you can also get acquainted with us in our  Facebook Group , just for local crafters. And please follow my page there, as well! See you soon! 🌷❄️  🩷 Rebecca Next Retreat:  Fall Crafters Getaway:  October 2026  on Silver Lake, NY

Recently I have been remembering a poem I wrote, upon losing my mother to cancer in 2020. Our story is a unique one.  Our mom has two daughters, who both adored her very much, and were both living on the other side of a closed border during the pandemic. My sister and I refer to our grief as "complicated."  Without the chance to help our parents, being barred from that one last hug or the chance to say our goodbyes, the process has come in fits and starts, and has taken a lot longer to move through the healthy stages of grief.   During one such swell of awareness, the pain of losing her was nearly overwhelming. So I wrote. Some people drink, I suppose, but I write. I pray, I cry, I remember, and I write. Though it hurts, I would do nothing to deaden the pain -- for it cries aloud, telling of my love for the woman who gave me life, and who nurtured me through every stage from birth to marriage to motherhood to ministry and beyond.  Until one day she couldn't. She...

Let's be #grateful! As always, you're welcome to join Ann, myself and Missi as we post our gratitude this month. Jump in any time; you do not need to post daily. 📸 Here's my first three posts for 2025. Look how easy it is to be thankful! #1. To kick off my #grateful series this year, I would love to remind us all to cherish the moms in our lives. I'm incredibly grateful for my friends young and old, but today, I am grateful for the latter. 🩷 #2. I'm #grateful for the one who chose me. And keeps choosing me every day for over a quarter century! Yes, I do set out his water glass every evening. Yes, he does make my hot tea every morning. 🫖  Yes, we are imperfect. Yes, by God's grace, we make a good team. And yes, he's still my favorite person to adventure anywhere with. ❤️ #3. I'm #grateful for all the times the Lord wakes me up for a sunrise. And what it means. His mercies are new every morning. Great is Your faith...

Retreat Week is finally here!  We are looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow, and the rest who join in on Friday & Saturday. Here are the details we tend to forget, to help you pack & prepare.  Please note: new starting and ending time is 3pm, due to changes at Asbury.