Whoever said lightening can't strike 2xs was either dumb or nuts.
On Sat. May 4th our condo unit as well as 8 others were in flames, and this is the 2nd time for us, although this time the devistation is much more worse than the first. Right now my family is not only fractured as we have two of the older kids living with friends-but we have no home. On the plus side-well eventually we will get a new place to live.
Its funny- you know you never think things like this happen to you, I mean you live a good life, hurt no one and work hard but it does happen. I of course don't blame God or say "why me?" because it was an honest accident from one of our nieghbors, but even so you find out during these times how lucky you are to have your friends. My friends are fantastic, they took me in with my pets (5 birds and 1 dog) and have given me a roof and warm place to sleep which to I am forever grateful to them, my dad who is 90 yrs old and lives in FL even helped us out when I know he really can't afford to-so I say to you all we are truly blessed no matter how it happened.
Anyways- one of the FIRST things I grabbed out (besides the pets of course!) were my paintings, I didn't want to lose a single one and was really worried that I wouldn't be able to get them. I was of course able to and they are currently residing in my temporary residence, but I ended up giving several to my friend as a HUGE thank you-and I don't regret one of them going to her. Not ONE single bit!
Where does this go with my painting? I don't honestly know. What I do know is that my show schedule is bagged, and that I have really no where to paint comfortably for now but I can see that my next few works are going to be sprinkled with Coyote humor and a reasonable amount of humility as well. I have learned in my soon to be 40 years to embrace the changes that are brought to our lives with full gusto and no regrets, and can honestly tell you all that this time it is really hard but I know that the Creator has nothing but love and the best intentions for us and even though it is hard right now The Great Spirit is always right in what is put on our paths.
Thanks for listening (or reading) and artist's ramblings too.
Jeanne
