The Art of Awesomeness begins and ends with thankfulness. I do not believe anyone can be “awesome” without thinking about all the people who have taught someone how to give. Someone had to teach you that giving is as much fun if not a lot better than receiving. The natural inclination people have is to take and run (sound familiar? LOL!). Someone has to show you that giving joy to others is in itself one big reward. By thinking about the people or even the circumstances that made you realize that giving is such an awesome trait, you won’t be able to help yourself but think about the people who taught you how to think that way.
The freebie for this post is made possible by Coco and the Art of Awesomeness he patiently tried to teach me for thirteen years. Coco is the key to the freebie and to my heart. 
The hardest thing for me to do lately is to remember Coco and not to cry.
The 5Tweets Gallery is so beautiful – full of memories from ladies who so willingly share. Thank you so much for taking the time to do and share your pages and the memories that go in each of them. Expect the password via email to the fourth sampler below. The link is here. To download the Awesome Tag freebie, click here.
One more Scrapping Challenge to go and we are done =). I will be posting the challenge before the weekend. Hubby and I are off to Bangkok to celebrate our 11th year together – one more thing to be thankful for. (wink!)
So sorry for the delay ladies. June was quite a killer. T’was good I survived. Now, if you want me to feel good because you have so much joy in your heart to share, a simple “thank you” would be it.
July 3, 2011 11:04 pm
Simply stunning as usual. July 1 was my birthday and I am still celebrating so here is a CONGRATS! on your 11 years together and hope this weekend is all you want it to be!!!!
Many hugs to you!!!! Glad you are back and glad June is over! It was GREAT you survived.
I hope I don’t miss the next challenge – going on vacation from 6th – 10th but should have internet in the evenings…so hopefully I will get it!!!
Tammy
July 6, 2011 11:44 am
Happy Birthday Tammy
Enjoy the gift. Wonderful pages! Will be posting the next Sampler within 48hours.
July 4, 2011 1:14 am
11 years …. congratulations! And loved your story about giving…….makes me think about my Nana (may she rest in peace).
I haven’t said anything before, but I can definitely relate to how you still mourn the loss of Coco… We lost our cherished pet, Mocha, the week before Christmas. He was a beautiful blue-point Siamese who we had for 14 years. I was his “person,” and he followed me around everywhere – desiring to sleep at my feet if I was at my desk, between my legs if I had my legs up on the ottoman or to recline on my lap. We had gotten him a few weeks before I discovered I was pregnant with my first child, and his favorite spot was to sit on my ever-burgeoning belly & prr… How I loved his prr’ing. He had such a big heart – literally & figuratively (we discovered his heart was enlarged, a few months before he passed away, when we took him to the vet because he had started urinating in weird places and wanted to figure out why – thought maybe he had a urinary tract infection). He was a very special cat, and I don’t think any pet will ever replace him in my heart…
Before I forget my manners, thank you very much for your latest “gift.” I can’t wait to see it. And Seth’s page from sampler #3 will be coming along soon, I hope – we need to fix the power supply to our laptop first so that he can create it. (I don’t allow him on my pc because he’s put spyware, viruses & trojans on it in the past)
Have a great weekend in Bangkok!
July 6, 2011 11:46 am
Lizanne Thank you so much for sharing your story about Mocha. I was teary eyed when I finished reading it… Im sure Mocha is watching over you.
Tell Seth I’ll be waiting for his page. Your pages are so beautiful. Thank you for sharing them.
July 4, 2011 10:16 am
well, I’m late again but did finish and send you my 3rd page! Love the page you did about Coco (and got the password this time!) Sitting here listening to fireworks and my 70 pound Rottweiler/Shepherd is about to crawl up on my lap- She hates the booms! (And the neighbors have been setting them off all daylong!) Have a great week!
July 6, 2011 11:48 am
Donna, I can just imagine your Rottweiller looking so worried about the booms
My “babies” also react the same way but since they are all small dogs, they hide under the bed or the sofa or anywhere they can fit their little bodies into. LOL! Looking forward to your last page! 
Everything is just so pretty!
July 5, 2011 10:07 am
I feel so smart – I only had to read thru your post twice to catch the password this time!
Thank you so much for sharing your talent and your life with us. Coco looks absolutely precious; I’m so sorry for your loss.
July 6, 2011 11:49 am
Hi Sharon. LOL! Will keep that in mind
— Should be much easier the next time so one reading would do 
Thank you very much for stopping by!
July 5, 2011 11:19 am
Well, I feel really smart! I only had to read your post once. Yeah me! Thank you, as usual this is gorgeous!!! Your talent is vast and I am very grateful that you share it with us! I missed the 3rd submission date, I didn’t get the last post either. Don’t know whats going on with that.
Love and Hugs
July 6, 2011 11:51 am
Stephanie, please email me if you got the download password to Sampler 3 and Sampler 4 (I just emailed you several hours ago). Will wait for your pages. Take your time. Scrapping should be fun not stressful. Will wait for your page.
Haha! Will make sure to stick to easy posting of passwords. Will be on the lookout for your pages 
July 6, 2011 6:12 pm
WOW! happy 11th anniversary Mabelle and hubby! hope you enjoyed Bangkok and got to rest! but I’m pretty sure you shopped a lot so no rest there, hehe!
your page made me teary-eyed. I’m just happy that you and the other girls love their “pets” too. with all the animal cruelty news these days, it just warms my heart that there are still people who care for animals like family.
thank you for the awesome gift & sampler! hehe! did you made the tag after watching Kung Fu Panda? awesooome! LOL
can’t wait to scrap!
July 6, 2011 6:25 pm
Hi Issa
Leaving this weekend pa lang. DH and I promised we wont shop. Much. The last time we went there we just shopped til our cards screamed STOP! Haha! Not this time. This time it would strictly be R&R! 
Looking forward to your next page! PS: Yup. Loved Kung Fu Panda 
July 7, 2011 8:48 pm
Thank you, loverley! This is beautiful. Just got home so haven’t gotten my page started yet–hope to do that today so i can have access to #5!
Happy anniversary!
July 8, 2011 4:08 pm
Sending the emails now Denise. Waiting for my boarding call. Looking forward to seeing your last page Hun
July 9, 2011 3:20 pm
Love it!!! As usual beautiful work! Thank you so much Mabelle. Happy anniversary! And a happy B-day to your hubby too! I am posting my pages now.