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Some good news, maybe some bad news, depends on how you look at it. I have decided to merge my lives. LOL. I start Caryn’s Corner back in 2009 on Greeting Card Universe. It’s still there Caryn’s Corner, check it out. That’s who I have been in the art world. But a few years ago, I decided to start this blog during a time in my life where change had been happening and the older I get the more I don’t like change.

Back in 2019 sometime I purchased my domain name and it wasn’t until January 1, 2020 that I posted my first blog entry. It was a crazy time (still is) in the world and I thought the beginning of a new year was a good time to start uploading some encouragement to those experiencing difficult changes and to offer hope in this chaotic world.

If you go back to the earlier days you can see I posted wallpapers with scripture verses. The idea was to help memorize scripture, because how often does one look at their phone? Me? A jazillion times a day. Then I moved on to coloring pages with scripture to help with memorizing verses. This is when I started to think I should merge the two or maybe keep them separate but why?

Well the summer of 2022 or was it 2021? anyway I was asked to teach a small group at church hand lettering as I tied in some design principles and Design for Life was born. Someone suggested I take it YouTube. And I did but it was under Caryn’s Corner and I was sharing it on the Kedge Anchor as well, It was becoming confusing and time consuming. So after much prayer I decided to close Caryn’s Corner and open the Kedge Anchor with everything in one spot.

Caryn’s Corner on YT will stay up until I get everything merged, so please stay tuned as I get ready to launch the next Design for Life video on The Kedge Anchor. I hope to have all that up and running by the end of September and then I will slowly and gradually close my Caryn Corner shops and/or rename them.

Until then Anchor in Hope : )

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The Kedge Anchor - Anchored in Hope “We have this hope as an anchor for the soul…” Hebrews 6:19 The Kedge Anchor - About Welcome to the Kedge Anchor. This blog started from a time in my life where I no longer liked changes. Changes, like the waves in the ocean can turn us upside down sometimes and the currents of this life can take us to places we really didn’t intend to go. But changes are a part of life and the older I get the less I like them. Maybe you can relate. Sometimes storms form over the ocean and totally churn up our lives like the ocean floor. And when all is finally over, we feel depleted, drained, exhausted. Turning to God’s word first is always a good place to start and gain footing again. And sometimes God leads us to other sources for encouragement, family, friends, church family, and oddly enough, for me, back to the still calm waters (of the ocean). Kedging is a nautical term “to draw (a vessel) along by hauling in on the cable of a light anchor that has been dropped at some distance from it, or (of a vessel) to be drawn in this fashion “ https://www.thefreedictionary.com/kedging Kedging is done in calm waters when one needs the boat to move forward or in the case when one is going against the wind. The sailor casts the kedge anchor out in the waters and pulls the boat towards the anchor. In a season of wait, when we feel like we are at a stand still and perhaps we aren’t hearing God’s voice or when we are in the middle of the storm, we can draw to Him. (James 4:8) We can cast our anchor (of hope) out and take a step in faith toward God, read the Bible, recall a favorite verse, and cling to HIs words. He is our anchor for our soul (Heb. 6:19). When the storms and currents of life are changing our course and we find ourselves going against the wind, we can remain steadfast in His Word and love. Be encouraged. You are not alone. “Draw near to God and he will draw near to you…” James 4:8

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