life of a georgia Artist

Capturing the Light  Why do we wait till someone is gone, till the wash is done, till we make dinner, till , till till. Why do we wait? Life is about capturing the moments that are important to us. This weekend I got to have my grandbaby sleep in my arms and there is nothing better. Not a clean kitchen, not the trash taken out, just her laying on me breathing and snuggling in close. Life is about the big moments, of course, but perhaps it is also about the mundane moments. Maybe when we slow down and see how all these moments are connected we will feel like we achieved more than a clean kitchen. We wash the dishes, sweep the floor, was fold the towels. It appears like any other day, except that it is not. It is a day filled with magical moments captures in our hearts. It is our minds noticing the light filling our glass bottles on the shelf next to the window. Life seems fragmented right now as we have entered into year three of this mess of a life, but when we look at our hands and wh

                                     Gray Skies and Winter Blues have set in now that we are deep in the winter months. While I live in Georgia and we do not dig ourselves out of snow and ice, we still deal with seasonal depression. Gray skies have been going on for a while now. We have dealt with a world full of chaos and misery.  As I realize these winter blues are sitting with me for a while, I have come to realize they are not the enemy. They are an emotion I have ignored. They are trying to tell me something and I am not listening. Well, who would want to listen to the winter blues anyways? Feeling blue is an emotion just like all the other emotions and if we do not sit with it, sit and listen to what it has to tell us, well then it will grow until it becomes this monster that we cannot ignore. It will consume us.  I have dealt with seasonal depression for years. When my grandparents passed, they were the holidays for me growing up, well it got even harder. I have grief, pain, hea