Bookmark

I received this bookmark commission from a long time customer about the first of May. After sitting in my recliner chair for 8 weeks, hooked up to a WoundVac machine, I have learned a lot of lessons. Pray more, be joyful, and so thankful for hubby and great friends who have taken care of me, prayed for me, encouraged me, visited me.

I finally have gotten back a little energy. It is so wonderful to be able to do a little calligraphy again. And although this is not super creative, it looks kind of nice sitting on a larger piece of silver foil card stock. The silver foil did not photograph well. Fortunately my customer is a patient woman! Have a happy weekend everyone!

Disclaimer from yesterday's post

Just to show you what a goofy girl I am sometimes, I have to take back something I said yesterday about great art. I did not mean that my art was all that great, what I meant was that it would be great just to be doing it and painting, and lettering and all that great stuff. Not THAT stuck on myself! (:

Fourth of July

This picture is a picture of a small flag which can be purchased from an outfit called bluestarmothers.org. These flags were first started in World War I. The blue star symbolized that you had a loved one, in danger, serving our country. They are called Blue Star Mothers but fathers, sisters, brothers, wives and children of loved ones in danger can all fly this flag. It comes with the name of the service on top and on the bottom, the name of your loved one.

If you remember the movie, "Saving Private Ryan", ( which I could not watch), Mrs. Ryan had a flag with 4 blue stars for her 4 boys serving our country.

I hung my flag in my window from August of '06 to August of '07, while my sweet son, Drew, was serving in Iraq. It did not come down until he was safely home. I cried a lot that year but I was so proud of him. Actually having a loved one in the war changed and deepened my perspective completely about our freedom. We are free because of the brave men and women who protect our country.

The fourth of July is like Thanksgiving Day for me. I pray today for all the men and women serving our country and I am so thankful for them.

I was going to be creating all this great art this summer and posting it on this art blog. But sometimes God has other plans for us than we have. Still in surgery recovery mode and hooked up to a WoundVac machine 24 hours a day. I have learned so much and now content.

Happy Fourth of July, everyone!