Sunday's ART of Truth - "Strong Women" - 5/30/21

YouTube Video – https://youtu.be/5WMM71GNP_k

Hello Friends,

This is my Sunday’s ART of Truth entitled “Strong Women”. I created this piece with a heart full of love and prayers for my best friend. Recently, she was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer which has metastasized to her spine. While there is no cure, she is undergoing intensive drug treatment. We have faith that we will have many more precious years with her.

My friend is an amazing kind and beautiful woman. I have known her since I was about 15 years old. We met through church and she quickly became a friend to this, once, forlorn young girl. Though we have not always been in close contact with one another, we have been friends for 41 years. She is the kind of friend that is always encouraging and thoughtful and we are always able to pick up right where we left off.

As I mentioned in another video, she was with me the day I met my husband. Yes, I met him when I was 15 years old. On a street corner, to boot 😊 I will never forget that day and the place that my friend had at that historical time. I am going to go ahead and link a blog writing about our story in case any one would like to read it. It was miraculous and everyday I am grateful for that day and every day since then. Girl Meets Boy – Divine Interventions – 6/03/2018. https://support2.brebornart.com/2018/06/03/6318-sundays-art-of-truth-girl-meets-boy-divine-interventions/

Again, I digress 😊

Today I wanted to write about what it means to be a strong woman. Strong woman speak their mind with a heart full of grace and compassion. They know who they are. They are always working toward being a better version of themselves. They are imperfect and they know it, but it doesn’t stop them. They are not afraid to say, I am sorry. Strong woman are generous because they know that to give to others and build another woman up does not diminish their own person hood in any way. Often, strong woman are those who have seen and experienced many, many trials and losses. A strong woman does not allow bitterness to reign in her heart. She knows that to forgive is to be forgiven. Strong women are often survivors. They have often encountered more than one human life should ever have to.

My friend, she is all of these things and more. She doesn’t complain. She stands strong even when she is afraid. She sets her eyes on what she wants and goes after it, even in this chapter of her life. I love her for so many things. She is unapologetic. She is who she is and she knows who (and whose) she is. She is grace, compassion, love, strength, faith & gratitude. I don’t know that I have ever met someone who has been through what she has and not had it change who they are deep inside. She has taken some of the ugliest things and allowed them to be turned to beauty.

I look forward to spending time with her in the coming months. She is an easygoing soul who makes people feel warm just being around her.

Thank you Jesus for my friend. Thank you that you never leave us or forsake us. Thank you that it is you, who number our days, not disease or anything of this world. Thank you that you modeled grace, so that we could extend it. Thank you that you give us what we need when we need it.

Thank you for all our precious moments. Thank you for the gift of Kerri in my life.

Blessings,

Beloved-Reborn

Supplies used:

12 x 12 MDF board

Shawn Petite Stencil – Fave Words 2 – https://shop.shawnpetite.com/Fave-words-2-stencil-8×10-p59013171

Golden Fluid Acrylics – Raw Umber, Nickle Azo Gold, Quinacridone Magenta – see Basic Mixed Media supplies list below

Liquitex Acrylic Inks – Sap Green & Cerulean Blue Hue – https://www.amazon.com/s?k=liquitex+acrylic+ink&ref=nb_sb_noss

DecoArt Crackle Glaze – http://Decoart.com

Ranger Archival Ink – Vintage Photo and Jet Black – see Basic Mixed Media supplies list below

Lace from my stash

Fabri-Tac – https://www.amazon.com/Beacon-Fabri-Tac-Permanent-Adhesive-FT4D/dp/B00178MNFO/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=fabritac&qid=1622171569&sr=8-2