FIREWORKS
…………………the display of fireworks……………….celebrations………..remembrance…….
It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. I am not sure about that. When you look at a photograph or a painting can one really interpret the thoughts behind the image or the expressions on a person’s face, or the instincts of a bird, or an animal, or the pressure of a flower opening up under the sunlight after the rain.
I can merely imagine the beauty, the celebration, the pain, the stories, or the creation process behind the scenes. Even then I the viewer am limited to my own experiences and can only imagine the story, the emotions of joy, pain, sorrow, wonder, hurt, love and loss….
Painting this canvas I named Fireworks reveals the explosion of colors in my heart filled with expressions of joy, loss, sorrow, adventure and even wonder, too many to mention or try to explain….Painting a meditation revealed on a canvas with oil paint…AHHHHHH…….
… SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A FIREWORK EXPLODING…
On Monday, May 28, people all around our diverse United States of America will host, attend and engage in celebrations for Memorial Day. A day that honors and remembers those who lost their lives serving the USA in the military…
……………..too many wars…………so many lost…………..does it end……………
So many sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, friends did not come home from war around this globe.
Fireworks will light the sky(colors of red white and blue) and patriotic music will be played, as millions of eyes look up to the dancing colors exploding like magic in the darkness. The show will be over in minutes and our thoughts will change to the what’s next if we are not careful to remember why we are celebrating.
Where ever Monday evening finds you be still for a moment to remember. If you are watching a fireworks tribute, look up and give thanks.
I pray for a heart of remembrance for those I knew and those I did not, who never came home.
Be kind to everyone…..be the firework in someone’s life…….speak love and encouragement…..if a solider in uniform crosses your path…..say thanks….buy his/her lunch, coffee, drink etc….and remember……
Sending you remembrance and thanks,
Martha
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On my morning walk enjoying the brightness of all the blooming flowers around me washed by the recent rain, I ponder the complex birth of the variety and the joy that flowers bring to all celebrations or tragedies in our life. The memories that certain flowers bring at a memorial service and the smells that trigger the moments of time spent with those we love opens the heart to the joy of those occasions that only the beauty of flowers reflect. Think about how when you smell certain flowers and what memory you recall; perhaps it is a time of celebration or maybe a time of loss. This is the complex design of flowers created by God, each unique just like you with your own voice, your own fingerprints like no one else.