at 3 in the afternoon…

“Your biopsy shows

it’s positive for cancer…

and it’s very aggressive!”

She felt like somebody

had kicked her in the gut…

Then denial…

“No way!”
“I’m not gonna see my kids graduate…”

“How can I tell my parents?”

Being a single mom,

left with two teenage boys…

working 7 days a week …

trying to make ends meet…

her mind raced…

her faith weakened….

“I’m scared!”…

Everything,

suddenly came

to a screeching halt!

She carried those weighted words for 4 weeks

through chemo, sickness, fatigue…

As her body walked into

another painful mammogram…

the fear within,

continued to forge ahead

with its strongholds…

she felt like her world was collapsing.

Then a radiologist…

divinely placed in her path…

walked over …

held her…

and whispered hope into her ear…

“God knows the end before the beginning…

and the path has already been laid out.

So, you don’t need to carry around

all the fear and worry any longer

cuz God has it all under control.”

Feelings of immediate relief took over…

“I felt like I had been carrying

around all these weights

and finally I put them down.

Looking back…

it was a blessing!

Now, I have a deeper faith…

a closer walk with God…

I appreciate life so much more…

Now, when I get anxious about things…

I put whatever it is …

in God’s hands!”

This painting was created for a dear friend…

to share her story of light

discovered in the darkness

that so many are walking through today …

Psalms 139

sung through my brush strokes

as this image slowly emerged

from its canvas.

“If I go up to the heavens,

you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths,

you are there…”

Tears of blue streaked across the canvas

searching for comfort

only to be found by the Maker

of the golden crux.

Tears

searching for streams of life and love

to flow through…

calling out to the One

who receives and relieves

each drop.

One by one…

they are caught…

One by one…

we are found

and raised

from the ground!

Attempting with paint …

quite humanly…

to capture this path…

You know the one…

the mysterious one…

illuminating our journey…

uniquely so…

And then

a tranquil golden line

is found…

defining our calling…

our purpose…

our true identity!

It is honest,

unruffled…

homebase,

if you will,

between two realms

of unseen worlds…

 It is here…

in the highs

and the lows…

It is here…

where we go

deeper still…

And discover

a haze of golden goodness…

It is here…

we grab hold

of our

Beloved

in the heavens…

and in the depths

of our despairs…

These are the moments

where truth is found!

These are the moments

that reveal

the light and strength

of our Maker

truly lives

within.

Trails of glistening pixiedust

begin to surface through the paint…

 hovering above and below

the horizon (her-eyes-on) line…

tuning itself to the rhythmic beat of a heart

with no attack

to be seen

but only

life

with its peaks and its pits.

This is living in the ups and the downs…

as ones’ heart scans and traverses

through its chosen path…

in the joys and the sorrows…

where childlike faith greets the world around.

This is life!

May we

SEE

throughout our journeys…

that it is woven

with Golden Hopes

and may we catch

tHis splendor

all along the way.

May we whisper

Hope

to those who are fighting this battle with cancer…

There are so many ways we can help our loved ones during this season…

a warm hug, a listening ear, a prayer, a visit filled with positive light and laughter…

If you’d like to donate to a foundation that helps to find a cure…

I have included a link below…

or donate to one you already may know.

Breast Cancer Research Foundation

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THE FOYER

located in Baton Rouge, LA

(they are happy to ship anywhere in the country)

A Beautiful Day $50 ( 6 x 6) SOLD

Another Beautiful Day $50 (6 x 6) SOLD

            Pink Cloud Landscape $50 (6×6)

          The Seedling -unframed $30 (4 x 4)SOLD

The Shekinah Shack $125 (6×6)

The Seedling -framed $85 (4 x 4)

Memoirs of Miramar $100 (8×10) on linen-SOLD

SeaWorthy $200 (12 x 12)

House of Hope $200 (10 x 10)-SOLD

Sundays at Seaside $1500 (48 x 36) Framed – SOLD

Light House $400 (20 x 16) – SOLD

Oh Happy Day $300 (12 x 12) – SOLD

Surrender $300 (12 x 12) – SOLD

Minnows & Manna $650  (36 x 12) Framed – SOLD

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a whimsical world in which to wander…
a place to stretch the mind’s eyes
back to its barefooted beginnings…

back to the place
where we’d wake up
and meander through the day
just to see what it had to say!

Becoming a child again!!!

Let’s all remember to wander away into a place
that brings a smile and a giggle for those days
that just seem plain grey.

(8 x 8 SOLD)

Praying for our neighboring state of Texas

and my home state of Louisiana

during this difficult time of historical floods!

May we all rise above the waters to a place of childlike faith.

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