Why velveteen rabbit?

I have always loved that book. My kids are a bit older now but I was never able to get to the end of that book without crying a little.

My favorite part?
"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real." "Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit. "Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt." "Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?" "It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in your joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."-- by Margery Williams, from The Velveteen Rabbit --

So what is this blog about? It's a little bit about me, a little bit about my family, alot about what I like to do like papercrafting, scrapbooking, rubberstamping and various other crafts.

It's really about my continuing quest to become REAL--just like the velveteen rabbit.