The Magic, Miracles and Joy of an Artist: Tears of Joy

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Tears of Joy

Audrey and Kathy, 1953

It seems the older I get, the easier it is to cry over happy events. Happiness and surprises brought squeals of delight and big smiles when I was younger. Now when I am happy and something really touches my heart, the tears begin to flow. After finding a large package in my mailbox yesterday and seeing what was inside, the tears began.

This beautiful wood carved statue of the Blessed Mother was sent to me by my very first close friend ~ my best friend through my childhood years ~ Kathleen. We lived a couple of doors away on the same street and did everything that little girls do together.

Kathleen now lives far from me in another state across the country. Unfortunate, because I would love to give her the biggest hug right now. Over the last few years, we have connected through facebook and recent events spurred some communication outside of facebook. How this unexpected lovely gift touched my heart is hard for me to put into words.

Kathy, memories of our childhood together remain in my heart forever. I am SO touched and happy to add this beautiful statue to my Blessed Mother collection. Thank you ever so much for your kindness. And, yes, keeping in touch sounds like a great idea to me.

2 comments:

Terra said...: What a beautiful and blessed gift from your far away dear friend.; September 9, 2015 at 8:10 PM
OmaLindasOldeBaggsandStuftShirts said...: My uncle used to say that your heart gets closer to your eyes as you advance in age.......I think maybe he's right. Tears of Joy are special blessings. How very dear of your long time friend. xoxo Oma Linda; September 10, 2015 at 11:06 AM

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.