Monday, July 21, 2008

• Overwhelming Gratitude

   is the foundation for this day.

  

  My Breakfast nook, I will leave a candle burning...

   

  

   

  Deep Gratitude:

   

  * That Mr. Tucker is happy with his new family.

   

  * That Ms. J. is as thrilled I am for her to be in her own home.

   

  * Appreciation for a wonderful Birthday! Thank you all for the loving birthday & get well wishes, and for all your care ~ filled thoughts!

  *  For all the other gifts from the God/Universe:

   

  These paintings and signed prints came

  from our local Free~Box

   

  

   

   

  And more Treasures to be thankful for:

   

  

  This little table and the cookbooks

  also came from our Free~Box.

  And the tall painted wooden boxes from India, came from our local thrift shop; they are perfect for holding taper candles and bottles of wine!

   

  Order:

   

  * For order; things are now as they should be, I have my home back and sharing it only with my little birds.  And now....I have my simple and beautiful little  Bedroom back.

   

  

  I have spent the last couple of days preparing my studio and reclaiming my home.  I have decided not to have a guest room after all. ~ lol ~  I have turned the spare room into my workout, dance, yoga, Tai Chi room! Very nice!  

   

  

   

  * Thankful For my budding friendship with Mark; how nice it is to have the company of a good man who is creative, intelligent, kind and gracious.  No, I do not believe that he is “the man” but the potential of being a very dear friend. 

   

   

  * For beautiful Taos mornings.  I get up to 40 degree temperatures with daily highs in the mid 80’s.  Heavenly!  On rising, I move into gratitude, with a thank-filled heart and thus, begin my day.  I start with making myself a lovely breakfast. Almost always oatmeal but lately it has been two eggs over easy, a toasted tortilla with Funky_Stuff_Studio’s homemade jam, and a cup of coffee. (The jam was just one of many gifts that my dear friend M. sent to me in a wonderful package of goodies. Thank you M.)

   

  My Studio:

   

  * Ms. J., having moved into a small all ready furnished home, gave me her big comfy office chair for the studio.  Moreover, returned my painting of the nude.

  

  Nude

  © 2000 Liz Bowling

   

   

  * Another gift from Funky M.’s box was this little delightful and whimsical Fairy ball, to hang and bless my studio.  (You are so talented Ms. M.) This week I will be recreating my studio space, and will share photos later on.

   

  * I am thankful for the 42 frames that I found at our local thrift shop for 50 cents each, sizes ranging from 48 X 36, down to 5 X 8.  I have lived here for two and a half years it is the first time that I have ever seen a sale like this one!  The larger frames had been marked $25.00 and the smaller ones were five each.  I could not contain myself and engaged in the Happy ~ dance and the Spirit ~ yodel right there in the middle of the shop!  To everyone’s delight of course! ~lol~  And soon I shall begin filling each frame with a beautiful painting!

   

  

  Just a few of my 50 cent frames.

   

  * For the abundance of art supplies that sit in my studio and storage closets waiting for me to show up fully present, with the heart and courage to create from a place of wholeness and love.

   

  My Mom: 

   

  * Saturday, after enjoying my delightful breakfast, I put my son-in-law's’s CD in, and while listening to it, I felt the urging to simply pick up the phone and call my mom….and that is what I did. 

   

  After nearly seven years of mandatory relationship-exile, numerous unanswered letters, cards and gifts, I heard her voice for the first time.  She was in such shock she did not know who I was at first.  When I said, “Mom, this is Liz, your daughter.”   She burst into childlike giggles of joy.  It was the most natural loving conversation I believe that I have ever had with her.  We talked for three hours.  I was able to share all the loving: words, memories, thoughts of appreciation and feelings for her that I carry in my heart and spirit.  I was able to express what an honor it is to be her daughter, and, how deeply she has affected my life and who I am today.  A woman before her time, she, by her great intellect and actions, and yes even her limitations, gave me permission to live life freely and creatively; challenging me to move into compassion, love wisdom and understanding.

   

  About her health.  She does have cancer, but it is contained within the tumor.  She will undergo chemo to shrink it so that it can be removed.  She shared with me that she believed it evolved from her great dissatisfaction with life, and her sense of “lack of purpose”.  However, with the news of cancer, and the threat of death, she rethought her journey, and has decided that perhaps she does have reason to live, and something to offer.

   

  I have a busy week ahead but I am feeling a lot better

  and I promise

   to make my rounds as I can.

   

  Love and hugs, Ms. Liz 

   

  

   Sacred-Partnership Altar II

  

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