Have you ever gone to a new place or tried a
new experience and thought to yourself, “I’m never doing that again!” Tell us about it.
I’m not
really one to give up on something after the first experience. Even with golf
(which I can wholeheartedly say I have no desire to do ever again as of today),
I kept trying it and even got a few lessons from a golf pro before I gave it up
entirely.
But (and I know I’m not supposed to start a
sentence with but-it’s an informal blog, get over it! J ) the one thing I can remember only doing
once and deciding it was not for me, and I would never do it again was the art
of crafting a piece of stained glass.
During my pre-baby years on Kwajalein, I took just about any and every
crafting and art class offered from basket weaving and pottery to scrapbooking,
sewing, and batik, and I loved every one of them except for stained glass. I
wasn’t good at every one of them…sewing and batik are definitely not in the
cards for me in terms of a career or even as a volunteer effort to teach
others, etc…ALTHOUGH, when it comes to stained glass artwork, it’s just plain
dangerous for me. When we were dating,
my husband bought me some really nice knives that scared me. He taught me how
to use them and not be afraid and still today, I struggle with those skills and
still may occasionally cut myself. In stained glass artwork, you have to
“score” and then break the glass yourself. I left that class with my one and
only piece of stained glass art and a million tiny cuts on my fingers. I can’t do it. I don’t like cutting myself like that. It was
too uncomfortable for me. Fortunately, I have a few friends who do magnificent
stained glass pieces, so I don’t have to do it because I can simply enjoy their
work! Thank goodness someone loves to create these pieces of artwork as much as
I love to look at them. J
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