Dad

Valentine’s Day 2023

I told Adam not to get me anything special to celebrate Valentine’s Day this year. I meant it. My reasons for saying that was because at this point in our lives we did’t need to spend any extra cash if we could help it and also I still had chocolate from Christmas and honestly, IContinue reading “Valentine’s Day 2023”

Painting

Adam and I have been painting our upstairs bathroom for the past week. Normally it doesn’t take us a week to paint a wall and a half, plus two window wells. But we’ve been doing it bit by bit, night by night, one coat then another, some trim here, some trim there, as we haveContinue reading “Painting”

Home

When I was 13 years old my parents moved our family from one house to another. We moved within the same city, only a few miles from where we had been living. That was a hard move for me. From the time I was born, until I was thirteen, my parents lived in six differentContinue reading “Home”

September

September is my birthday month. When I was younger both my dad and mom would write a yearly birthday letter to me. Yesterday evening I felt I should read through some of the letters they had written to me. I knew it would be emotional and hard and I’d probably cry, but I felt itContinue reading “September”

Reasons

I signed up for Fodder School. What school? Until very recently I don’t thik the word ‘fodder’ was really in my vocabulary, at least not my art vocabulary. But, thanks to the internet and the Instagram world, it is. Stumbling upon an IG account that I happened to like the look of, liking leads toContinue reading “Reasons”

Healing Perspective

I prayed for years for my dad to be healed. He was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1998 (If memory serves me correct). He had surgery to remove the mass on his neck (Taking some nerves, etc along with the cancer) and went through radiation and chemo. The cancer went into remission and didn’t comeContinue reading “Healing Perspective”

Impact & Influence

Worry, anxiety, busyness, running around, trying to make ends meet, scheduling this, that and the other, work, work, work. What’s it all for? In 100 years, I won’t be here. Even in 50 years, will any of this matter? Yes and no. I do believe that what we do in this life matters. Yet sometimesContinue reading “Impact & Influence”

Easter Memories

Easter. I love Easter. It’s in the Springtime, when the world feels fresh, alive, new, colorful, hopeful. When I was younger my cousin and I would dress up in matching Easter outfits. 🙂 I love the preparation, Holy Week, between Palm Sunday and Easter. I love the spiritual significance of the season. It feels weighty,Continue reading “Easter Memories”

The Heart of My Sojourn

‘Therefore we do not lose heart…’ It’s hard to do something, anything, if you don’t have the heart for it. I was talking to a friend the other day via Messenger and I said I was struggling with my job. She asked more about that and so I told her a bit and ended with,Continue reading “The Heart of My Sojourn”

Sojourning

Sojourning. What is it? Staying or living in a place temporarily. ‘Temporarily’ being key word. This idea of staying in a place temporarily…for a brief time…for a little bit…it’s short…like life. Brief. Short. Temporary. Temporarily here on this earth to love God, love others. I started my Land of My Sojourn IG acct in JuneContinue reading “Sojourning”