06 Tuesday Apr 2021
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They are watching us. Whether it’s your child or someone else’s they see what the adults do around them. We spend way too much time staring at glowing screens. It’s time to get outside with nature and enjoy life so that they learn to do the same.
15 Sunday Jun 2014
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This is my second Father’s Day without a Dad. I lost my “Daddy” when I was 10 years old and my “Pop” two Summers ago at age 43. Both loses have their own particular kind of sting. That’s me in my Daddy’s arms as an infant in the first picture and me in my Pop’s in the later. As with Father’s Day in the past, forgiveness always comes to the surface. It isn’t that I have not forgiven these two men for their shortcomings. Both had many and I have long since come to terms and found peace. It is more about the fact that without either of them here, forgiveness is something that I can cherish. It is much easier to celebrate someone’s life and their positive role in yours if you can let go of past hurts. If you can see them for their humanity. See the ways that they must have felt pain inside and the ways they tried to make themselves feel better. I have had to forgive alcoholism, physical abuse, suicide and more. I have had to go beyond my inner child to see theirs. It took years for me to fully open up and allow their love to move freely through my thoughts and my heart. But I have and they do. So today on Father’s Day I want to celebrate love and be thankful for forgiveness which truly has set me free!
25 Wednesday Dec 2013
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I hope you are having a happy Christmas….For many years of my life, I did not enjoy the Holiday. When I was 10 years old my Dad committed suicide just 6 days before Christmas…for me the Holiday lost all meaning and became a horror to get through each year….until…..I had my own child. My daughter is the most exuberant and festive person I have ever known. Everything must be decorated! She isn’t a materialistic person so simple little inexpensive gifts give her plenty of joy! Stocking stuffers are a favorite. She loves to bake and clean the house for guests. She makes cards and sings all the classics starting December 1st. Really there is NO way to avoid feeling HAPPY about the Season with her in my world!! She changed my life…and now Christmas is again Merry for me. 
The piece above really expresses my life right now…me…my husband and our daughter…..Merry Christmas ALL!!
Abstract Art by Sharon Cummings 