Letting Go and Letting God

When the worlds events start to get me down, which they seem to do alot lately....I have to just turn things over to God.

I am passionate about the unemployment situation and how congress is failing to act on behalf of the 15.1 million unemployed people.

The job scene is so bad and obviously they are so far removed from that they don't realize what's truly going on.

Of course, when I had a job, I knew a lot of you were layed off because you would call me and talk about it.....but I had NO idea how hard it truly was to get another job until this happened to me.

I have worked 2 jobs...and paid into unemployment for both of them. I have 34 weeks left of unemployment benefits and I need that money to live on while I look for a new job.

The American population is so angry right now. People hate President Obama with a passion. Just like they hated President Bush. All that hate scares the hell out of me.

I just pray for peace among our own people.

I also am praying for the Gulf's oil spill. That has caused me many a sleepless night. The animals of the ocean and what's happening to them is just deplorable.
Animals are my greatest love on this earth. I care for the people too, but they have a brain and know what is going on. Animals are innocent and just keep trying to survive in their ocean.

The people are being compensated. I do know that is NOT enough. Losing a livihood that you love or don't for that matter, is AWFUL. I know, I'm in the same boat. But the death of innocent sea amimals and fish is truly devastating to me. Even more so than losing my job. My heart just can't stand to see an animal suffer.

I also pray for the wars to end!

I pray for God's Will.......many many times throughout the day and the very long nights...for I don't sleep well since I lost my job.

Nature is in full bloom...no matter what time of year!

Brett has a great camera and I've been taking pictures to create my own pictures from watercolor, india ink, and pencil drawings.

Will be taking 2 classes this summer and in the fall hoping to go to Wayne State and get into the art program there.

I had a schlorship to go to college and major in Art out of high school but my parents said NO! I was a wild child and they envisioned me being a starving hippie child forever so I majored in Communications instead and became a radio dj. However, my first love has always been for creating art. I just quit doing it because my radio shows and career consumed most of my thoughts, time and energy.

God decided to change that for me when my shift was eliminated in Dec. 2008 and I couldn't work for a year due to a non-compete that I didn't even know I had and I began to re-evaluate my life and think about what else their was that I always loved besides radio and it didn't take me long to remember my love of creating art with any type of medium.

I've done pottery, jewelry, oil painting, china painting, ink drawings, stained glass and loved them all. The one thing I haven't done though is taken drawing classes. Just didn't seem exciting enough at the time and now I realize that is the basic thing I need to learn well. Compostion and all that stuff. Yes, I can draw.........but I can be much better and plan on it too.

I'm very excited about my new/old path back into the world of the arts.........one things for sure.....no corporation can take it away from me like they can your career job. I've never been let go before and it has had a profound effect on me.

The legacy I now choose to leave behind will be in art form on paper! I am finding I love being with people in art classes and studios creating art with them. Radio was an artform for me for many years, not so much the last two when it was basically playing 4 and 5 songs in a row and :20 breaks. That was deathly boring! For many years though, it truly was an exciting and wonderful release not only for me, but for many listeners who got to hear themselves on the radio too, along with that special element of surprise. I passionately enjoyed putting people on the radio and creating that special moment for them through a song along with their situation at hand. Music is art and when it is tied in with a human experience and emotion on the radio that someone calls in and shares and everyone can hear and relate too was what I loved about my radio career. It was a joyful time! Yes, I do miss that kind of radio and probably always will. Thank God for wonderful memories and experiences for sure!

I will be posting my new artwork here.....so stay tuned!

Hope all is great with you!

Love Always!