The Magic, Miracles and Joy of an Artist: November 2013

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Thanksgiving Day 2013

Let our hearts be filled with gratitude!

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Wishing you and your loved ones THANKSGIVING love and joy.

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Made it to South Carolina last night! 10 hours of solid constant rain, fog, accidents, and horrid traffic. It took 10 hours for a normal 6-1/2 - 7 hour drive. I resolve to be calm and enjoy this holiday with my son and daughter-in-law. I am SO happy to be here.

Jake did well on his first long trip. He's never been any further than Roanoke. He was very good but would NOT leave my lap.He snuggled deep into his blanket and seemed content to be there. We made a LOT of stops for his sake, just to be on the safe side. I had hoped he would curl up in the back of the SUV, but no way was he leaving my arms. I know ~ we've spoiled him. I really didn't mind holding his 5-1/2 pound little body, knowing he was happy.

After Casey finishes his morning run, we are taking off for downtown Charleston. There are 2 shops I go to when I visit, to reload on T-shirts ~ Fresh Produce and Life is Good. They have the greatest colorful shirts.

It is unusually cool and wet here for this time of year. I'm sure the storm that rolled across the country recently had something to do with it. I don't care ~ just filled with joy to be here.

Signing off! Much to do today. Amanda and I have chatted away the morning and now it's time to get moving!

Saturday, November 16, 2013

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Susie !!

I'm sure you know, and understand why, the mail from Virginia will arrive in your mailbox late. ):

But, I can send you wishes right now that your day will be special in every way. Know that I will keep you in my thoughts while you celebrate the day you were born ~ a lucky day for all of us who know you and your big beautiful heart.

Happy happy day, Susie! ENJOY!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Lisa !!

I hope you are enjoying your sister's visit. It's always more fun to celebrate a birthday when loved ones are there to share it with you. Sending wishes that your day will be joyful and the year ahead will be filled with all good things.

Monday, November 11, 2013

Rest in Peace My Beautiful Mother

February 2, 1917 ~ November 11, 2013

You graced this earth with your presence for 96 years, Mom. You were the best!! Your children and your home meant everything to you and you did a beautiful job of raising us and making a comfortable home for us. Your belief and love of God was of the utmost importance to you and you passed that on to us. You suffered financial pain and physical pain throughout the years, but you were always a fighter with a strong constitution. You always managed to bounce back.

It comforts me to know you are now with Patrick, Grandpa, Uncle Steve, Uncle Andy, and all the other loved ones who went before you. I will miss you so much, Mom. Please watch over me, guide me in the right direction, and pray for me that I remain strong in my faith and always make the right choices.

I love you Sweet Angel.

Friday, November 8, 2013

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Jim !!

I hope the weather holds out up there in Ohio so you can enjoy one of your favorite things ~ golf ~ for a while longer before the snow flies.

Since it's your special day, I should tell you that I've enjoyed having you for a brother-in-law. Our trips to antique malls are such fun and it always brings a big smile to my face when I hear you rattling the pots and pans in the kitchen. This tells me that I have the day off from cooking!

Have a wonderful Birthday! Do something fun!!

Friday, November 1, 2013

All Saints Day !!

For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come!

I AM A "SEARCHER"

"I am one of the searchers. There are, I believe, millions of us. We are not unhappy, but neither are we really content. We continue to explore life, hoping to uncover its ultimate secret. We continue to explore ourselves, hoping to understand. We like to walk along the beach, we are drawn by the ocean, taken by its power, its unceasing motion, its mystery and unspeakable beauty. We like forests and mountains, deserts and hidden rivers, and the lonely cities as well. Our sadness is as much a part of our lives as is our laughter. To share our sadness with one we love is perhaps as great a joy as we can know - unless it be to share our laughter. We searchers are ambitious only for life itself, for everything beautiful it can provide. Most of all we love and want to be loved. We want to live in a relationship that will not impede our wandering, nor prevent our search, nor lock us in prison walls; that will take us for what little we have to give. We do not want to prove ourselves to another or compete for love.

For wanderers, dreamers, and lovers, for lonely men and women who dare to ask of life everything good and beautiful. It is for those who are too gentle to live among wolves."

~ James Kavanaugh

I am THE LOVERS Tarot Card

Motive, power, and action, arising from Inspiration and Impulse. THE LOVERS represents intuition and inspiration. Very often a choice needs to be made. Originally, this card was just called LOVE. And that's acually more apt than "LOVERS." Love follows in this sequence of growth and maturity. And, coming after the Emperor, who is about control, it is a radical change in perspective. LOVE is a force that makes you choose and decide for reasons you often can't understand; it makes you surrender control to a higher power. And that is what this card is all about. Finding something or someone who is so much a part of yourself, so perfectly attuned to you and you to them, that you cannot, dare not resist. This card indicates that you have or will come across a person, a career, challenge, or thing that you will fall in love with. You will know instinctively that you must have this, even if it means diverging from your chosen path. No matter the difficulties, without it you will never be complete.