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In all honesty today won’t look like this... there may not be a day all this week that looks like this. But lately I’ve talked with lots of Mommas trying to find space for their creativity in the midst of kids and life. Honestly it’s not always easy, and I know if I say yes to painting I’m saying no to something else (usually laundry).... but I understand that on occasion it’s more important to feed those creative urges than to fold every t-shirt and match every sock... because my soul needs it. And because ultimately I know I’ll be a better mother and wife and friend and sister and daughter and whatever other titles I hold if I have made time for my own heart, which for me is painting... but for you it may be writing or knitting or ceramics or baking or dancing or gardening.... I highly recommend listening to @jeanneoliver new podcast, especially the first one... at times I felt like she was reading from my journal. I truly believe creativity lives in us all, it just comes out in different ways... after all, we were all created in the image of the worlds most wonderful Creator💛
Remembering a sweet moment shared years ago... seeing this special bird... kinda out of place, kinda way off track, kinda the coolest thing ever!
The sun has tucked back up in a rain cloud today... and February has thrown on her gray over coat again. But the buds are swelling... the Daffodils are up and I have heard the familiar song of sweet birds we miss all winter. Take heart Mommas... this too shall pass into glorious sun filled days of muddy feet, dirty hands and happy, exhausted children!
As the New Year started I began playing with the idea of these bouquets made up of birth month flowers. I had the pleasure of making a new friend a few years ago who had a beautiful tattoo of her children’s birth month flowers on her arm, “a reminder that each child needs something different to grow” she said. Years later that thought has still been rolling around in my head... so I painted a family in flowers. Each flower requires different growing conditions, each a different amount of light, each one beautiful and unique in their own way... but so much more lovely together. Each one bringing out the beauty in the others... while still holding space for its own beauty to shine through. This particular arrangement is a family I know very well... I have watched their beautiful children grow and blossom in individual ways... I’ve sat long hours with their precious momma learning each other’s stories... making her unique and dainty flower even more meaningful to paint. This project has felt like a prayer painted over this family. I can’t wait to paint more of these!
Driving home from a trip a few weeks ago, looking out at the bare trees as we drove home, I was reminded of a class I took all about twigs in winter. The identity of the tree is still present even when all you have is a bare twig. The beauty is found when you look intentionally at the places where the leaves.... the beautiful, showy leaves left scars. The growth is more visible without all the frills the other seasons bring. Winter is the time to admire how far the trees came... and see the promise it still holds more clearly. The promise that lies in the beautiful tightly wrapped buds... swelling with each warming day. Full of the promises of the future already growing in that little lump on that seemingly uninteresting twig. Future oaks and maples and sycamore trees tucked up quietly in that little bud. I love that about trees... I love that about God.... I love how if we look at nature long enough... God is so visible in every tiny detail. Go look at those beautiful bare branches and be reminded of the promises they hold... feel the tiny bud and consider how much more lovely the promises must be that God has for you🌳🌿💚 second 📸 is of the beautiful Mommas I took the class with!
It snowed all day... and amounted to nothing. There’s a lesson there I’m sure. But with so many things changing and so much uncertainty in the air it felt like a little gift... precious blessings falling from the sky❄️❄️❄️ Also... are you even a #homeschooler if you don’t pull out #snowflakebentley at the first flake🤷‍♀️
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