So, many of you know that I have recently moved from the beautiful state of RI to my new home in TN.  It is beautiful here and I am over-the-top amazed at how friendly the people are here, but right now, I feel like I will always be missing our Little Rhody.

I have the personalitly that tells me to just sit in my screened porch and look at the lake all day.  Perhaps go into my new art shed and do a bit of art, but not get out into the community.  This could be because I feel like I would be cheating on RI, it could be due to the fact that I am just scared.  Although I like myself and feel that I can offer great things to any community, I am not naturally outgoing. I don't want to interfere with people's lives...which sounds pretty stupid as I am writing this. 

I am though, forcing myself out of my comfort zone.  As I write this I am sitting in a really great coffee shop called, "The Grinder House".  It is way more than coffee and has a great...

Hello there!! I am so excited to talk to you about this! 

Did God abandon me? Of course not, but it sure felt like it! 

I was heading into trauma...God was there and then He wasn't.  I couldn't find Him anywhere.  Actually, I coudn't feel God's presence for at least three years.  As you can imagine, this was a very lonely time.  Not too long ago I watched an illustration unfold before my eyes to express how this all played out in my life.

My friend, Michaela, was telling me that her daughter was learing how to ride her bike on the driveway.  She laughed because she said that Katie demanded that her mommy hold onto her back as she rode down the driveway, but she really wasn't holding her at all, just barely touching her back. Soon we went outside so I could see this magnificient feat for myself.

There they went, down the driveway.  Katie on her bike and Michaela barely touching Katie's hood.  She felt so able to complete this task only...

Happy New Year!

As I went to bed on the last day of 2020, I layed there with anxiety and feeling very uncertain.  Typically the new year has little effect on me, but this year is quite different.

My new year is full of uncertainty.  I don't know if my husband will have a job or where we will be living.  I don't know where I will go to church or who will become my new friends.  Is there a Trader Joe's near wherever I will be living? I really don't know much of what this new year holds for me.

But, as I layed there trying to fall asleep to wake up to a new year full of uncertainty, I decided to think about what is certain.  (Side note:  I decided to think...that is the key.)  What is certain...  I can still continue my work on my art and my retreat boxes.  I will still have the love for my children and they will continue to love me wherever I will be.  My husband will still be my life's companion and will support me in whatever I...