Downpour of blessings

This new painting is called "Downpour of blessings".   My husband and I have been trying to adopt another child for about five years.  We now have a very promising opportunity with the foster child we now have in our home.  Because God is really blessing things in our life right now, it has inspired me to paint this new piece. This painting is quite a bit different than most I do, even though it has a lot of texture, which is a common element in my paintings. 

Workshop

Saturday was my first "real" workshop to teach.  I've only taught a class
for children before.  This workshop was so much fun for me and I can't
wait to do another one.  I think everyone had a good time as well, or so they said.

 

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The BIG day is almost here!

Tomorrow is the BIG day!  We get the four year old little girl to join our family.  Hopefully, it
will be forever.  I have to say that we had two children placed in our home a year ago and
it was a bit of a nightmare.  So, I've been a bit gun shy this time knowing a lot more clearly what
we've signed up for than I did in the past.  I am getting excited.  We've seen her twice now and I
think that will help in making the transition a little easier. 

On a different note, here's the painting I finally finished after posting previously the beginning stages.

It's from Psalms 1: 1-3.  I love this verse and had a lot of fun making this tree. 

A blessed life

This painting is called "LIFE" 

Well, I haven't been a very good blogger.  I have SO much going on right now  I'm afraid my blog gets put pretty far down the list.  The first exciting thing we have going on is that we are getting a 4 year old little girl.  She will be placed in our home next week.  We have been hoping for this day for a long time and it looks like it may be it!  We are doing a legal risk adoption which means that the parents rights have not

been terminated yet, so it's not a sure thing.  Since the case goes to final trial next week we're pretty confident that it will all work out though.

Next on the busy schedule is that I'm about to teach my first art workshop a week from Saturday.  This

is very exciting and I've had a lot better response than I was even hoping for.  The workshop is a mixed media collage workshop for beginners.  It's been so fun getting everything ready for this class that it almost makes me wish I was an art teacher.

I just have to say, I feel very blessed right now in all that I see the Lord doing. Have a very blessed Easter and remember it's not about eggs and a rabbit!  It's about the greatest love of a Father sending His only son to die our our behalf that would could experience LIFE.