How do you make a house a home? One way is to decorate! Decorating with meaningful objects that evoke love can create a sense of happiness and peace for those who live there and those who visit. I very much enjoy being a part of the Habitat for Humanity team.It Read more…
Do you have a vision problem? The book of Proverbs tells us that, “hope deferred makes the heart sick.” Think back with me for a minute to a time (maybe not so long ago for some of us) when you were hoping/longing/desiring something so much that it felt like your Read more…
What are your longings? Does a good memory get better, the more often you remember it? Some researchers say so. If that is the case then I can tell you for certain that I experienced that on my trip this last December. When my brother Alan and Teresa invited me Read more…
It’s that time of year when all is pink and red, hearts and candy. Love. Love is in the air. Who else is bit sickened by all the sappy, sugary, sentimental appeals to love? Even those of us who may have a “Valentine” find all the Valentine’s Day hype a Read more…
I want to challenge you NOT to make a resolution this year. Instead, why not make a critical decision that could change your life? Imagine you are going to spend your first set of holidays without your best friend of 36 years. How would you do it? Would you go Read more…
New Year, New You….how many times have you heard (or seen or read) that phrase over the past few weeks? Or another overplayed phrase – what’s your word for the year? While I actually do choose a word for the year, it is definitely “in vogue” lately (perhaps a bit Read more…
Some of you might be surprised that creating as an activity was God’s idea. God so wanted the world to know that He is the author of creativity that He arranged it to be the first sentence in the Bible. Lots of people think God has nothing to do with Read more…
My blog of June 21st encouraged all our readers to create in the best way you felt led, whether it’s decorating cakes, doing crafts, painting or writing. The last photo in the blog was the start of a rose I was working on in pastel. It was labor of love Read more…
We all need beauty in our lives. Sometimes, when we feel the darkness closing in, the weight of the world is on our shoulders, and things look bleak – what we need is the courage to immerse ourselves in beauty. To be reminded that there is more to this life Read more…
You are a blessing to me, dear Readers! I am so glad to be back and even more excited to share how a painting can bring joy into people’s lives. Enjoy my friend Debbie’s thoughts on my painting “Fishing Around” and what a blessing it has been to her, her Read more…