It's Time.

 

Thank-you all so much for helping us to celebrate our news. 

We are still grinning from ear to ear.

  It's nice to see that others can share in our JOY

and not only our pain... THANK-YOU! ♥

There has been alot of stuff going on, besides this wonderful news.  I feel another shift on the horizon and it has me pretty excited over here. 

For one thing, I am finally ready to dive into my writing again...  I have carved out a writing nook, separate from my art studio, a place devoted to finishing my stories. 

I had the amazing opportunity to meet a very respected author last week.  Joseph Boyden was the keynote speaker at a Healthy Schools Conference where Steve was also presenting.  He has now published three books and is a Giller prize winner, which is the most prestigious Canadian prize. To say that I was star struck is an understatement.  He shared personal stories with us.  Stories of life and death, of lessons and purpose.  

I was so moved by the way he peeled back his layers.  The ones called author, man, Metis... and showed us his heart, his pain and his vulnerabilities.  I was truly amazed by the way he shared his truth and exposed himself.  I could taste the honesty as I wore his pain as he spoke his words and shared his jagged broken bits.

Being at this gala has given me the kick in the pants I didn't think I needed...  So, dear friends, as of tomorrow, I will be going under for a while...  I will still be painting and blogging...but I will be in another dimension...

another place inside my heart. 

I know I will not be alone. 

I feel supported.  I feel strong.

  I feel ready.

Here is a painting I finished last week.  She will be in the shop later today.  Her name is Aster.  After looking up the meaning of her name, I learned that it means Star.  How fitting.  A Star to light my path as I head into the darkness...  LOVE to you my dear friends. xoxo