grandsons and little league rock

aidan is back in the game again, and he is looking good! he's a natural, just like his dad...

peace

be still, and know that i am god...psalm 46:10
i covet the stillness. the quiet. the calm. there i find him. waiting lovingly for me.

abundance

i feel so very grateful today. for my faith. family. friends. grief. sorrow. pain. joy. all the things that make me who i am. i feel blessed with and through my art. the inspiration i get from god and the world around me.

bittersweet

sunday was the farewell ceremony for shelby's medevac unit, leaving the end of the month for afghanistan. all the training, planning, mentoring, preparing during this last year was so evident in this group of heroic men and women...they were standing so tall and proud ...with my husband in the front. who will not be going. a blessing and a disappointment. but we know it is god's will and we embrace that with all we have in our souls...

some thoughts

i am so happy to be saying it is friday, the week has seemed rather long. i am very thankful for the beautiful weather we have been having...just a promise of what's to come, a little tease...i know it will get cooler again, and some rain i'm sure....but in the meantime, i will take what i can get!!!

i had intended to write a few things that are on my mind and i can't quite seem to to put it into words...just stuff...stuff about deployment, about a sick husband...blessings...maybe next time i post i can formulate what's swirling in my head...in the meantime...we have a busy weekend ahead....late saturday afternoon we are going to a party at the home of one of shelby's unit commanders, and sunday is the farewell ceremony for his unit, then to janet's for ross' birthday gathering...

camellias and thinking

my camellia bush is in a corner at the end of the deck and unless i'm outside(which i don't tend to be this time of year!) i sometimes forget it is there...the blooms seem so dainty ...

i have been giving a lot of thought to selling my art...not sure how to go about this, i could use all the help i can get...any suggestions would be welcome!

my art

thinking of opening an etsy shop, these are just a few of the collage pieces i have done...

stuck....in a winter rut

spring is springing and i am coming to life again. winter and i don't get along well. i miss the sun, become anti-social, curl up on the couch with a quilt when i can. but i'm coming out of it! and happy to be blogging again...
shelby is recovering from a very serious case of pneumonia and infection of the pleural cavity/lining of his left lung, requiring surgery and drain tubes to get rid of fluid. ER visit on sat. 2/13 that landed him in the hospital for 12 days. he is recovering, but this is a very, very slow process. he will return to work on 3/29, seeing at that time how much stamina he has for a 10-hour workday. we shall see...my guess is light duty will be the order of the day. needless to say, it really put us in a tailspin. he has been gearing up for a deployment to afghanistan at the end of march, going through some pretty intense training and preparation. that will not be happening now, which is a godsend. there is a verse in the bible that says: in his heart a man plans his course, but the lord determines his steps...proverbs 16:9.
god has something else in mind, we are feeling the blessings of that, and so very thankful...