story
-
2017 My 10th Year
Happy New Year 2017! I want to kick this year off celebrating God and His faithfulness. For those who have been traveling alongside me for sometime now, you know a little of My History .(Click “My History” for the link to this blogs Welcome! page ) This is the beginning of my 10th year of freedom! I… Continue reading
-
Full-Nesters (Week 52)
Check out my post from the beginning of 2016: “Be Alert! Be Present! I’m about to do something BRAND NEW” 2016 writing and painting goals Story Behind the Painting: I actually did it! I met my writing and painting goal this year. If you read the post above you saw that I planned to have… Continue reading
-
31 Days of Hindsight: 22 Will Have To Do
So today is the last day of “31 Days of Hindsight” and as you see, 22 is the new 31 for me:) One of the things I believe God is working on in my life is letting HIM set the goals AND chart the path. I have no doubt that HE asked me to take… Continue reading
-
Nativity: Place of Origin (Week 49)
Story behind the painting: When I posted the last batch of ornaments I painted, I had someone order 13 Nativities. The only Nativity in my ornament collection was the black, white and gold silhouette but she was ordering the “colorful ones.” I realized she thought the church ornaments were nativities and just like that, I saw… Continue reading
-
31 Days of Hindsight: Day 7
Today is the 9 year anniversary of my “NOTHING BUT NOODLES” lunch. December 7, 2007 is the day a “sleeping giant” awoke in me, the day I surrendered to the Holy Spirit. …the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world. 1 John 4:4 NLT That date is… Continue reading
-
31 Days of Hindsight: Day 3
We are on day 3 of this 31 day journey looking backward in an effort to glean, grow and go forward into 2017! If you are new to the journey today, checkout day 1 and 2 for the foundation for this hindsight writing challenge. I pray you leave encouraged and inspired to start your own… Continue reading
-
When Scars Become Beauty Marks
As 2016 comes to a close, let’s take the time to look back. What have we learned? What are we working on? What was painful and where are we in the pain process? (*Pain will not be ignored. If we don’t acknowledge it and work with it, it will kick harder and wear us out!)… Continue reading
-
Choose Your Story
Our private decisions always have public ripple effects. Are we leaving beauty marks or scars in our wake? #ChooseYourStory We don’t live in a vacuum. Every choice we make effects the world around us, whether we like it or not. If we are really honest in our heart right now and evaluate: Up to this… Continue reading
-
(Week 32) Bama Bound: Let’s Hear It For the Boys
Story Behind the Painting: This watercolor elephant is a graduation present for a friend’s son. I asked her what I could possibly paint that a freshman boy might actually hang in his dorm and an elephant was the safest, school appropriate bet. Although the title gives it away, the elephant is intended to as well.… Continue reading
-
(Week 28) Hope: My Lighthouse
Story behind the painting: I had originally titled this blog post, “Compound Words: Lighthouses and Honeymoons.” “Why?” By definition, “a compound word is the combination of 2 (or more- but leaving OR MORE out for obvious reasons regarding marriage:) words that function as a single unit of meaning.” Therefore, Marriage is like a compound… Continue reading