Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue.

It’s a new day. It’s been 4 months since the Covid-19 lockdown. And 4 months since my husband Jon got a full-time job in Los Angeles. (500 miles away) It has been a blessing for sure, but it’s been a hard season. Hard seasons can still be good seasons. But wow, what a blur.

So, there went a third of a year. It’s a crazy time, for sure, and I spent a lot of that time by myself and processing life and not being very social online. I think a lot of people have been in that weird zone, hunkered down and withdrawn a little, adjusting to changes and feeling a bit overwhelmed and alone. I know for me, if I didn’t have my intimate relationship with God, my Holy Spirit and comforter, I would be a mess (or more of a mess). Is it just me, or does everyone feel a little bit vulnerable and emotions way too close to the surface?

So, to make things worse, even though we have all been careful, my mom was diagnosed with Covid-19 last week. Yikes. So, we are all isolating and hiding from the invisible virus, being as wise as possible and praying for healing and protection; hoping we are not all asymptomatic carriers, right?  If I didn’t have my faith to stand on, and confidence that God is in our corner, I know this would simply be too much.

Hmmm…. So, I sat down to write about turning a corner and starting to come alive again and feeling a little more myself …. seeing some light at the end of the tunnel…. I guess all the pent-up stuff on the surface pours off first when you open the floodgates, right? Sorry. It’s there on the top of everyone’s minds. Nobody really wants to talk about it or think about it anymore! But writing and sharing is cleansing and healing. I’m hoping my honesty will bring you some encouragement. It’s just the process. Its human. We all need to feel like we are not alone, to feel like there is hope, and be able to be real.

I’ve been focusing on trying to be creative and reclaiming my dreams and I’m finding my way back. I haven’t been clinically depressed but certainly feeling blue way more than I normally do.  I’m hoping the process will be enlightening and get you in the mood to get creative too. Being creative is our nature- after all, we are made in the image of the Creator. Giving yourself permission to go after your creative ideas is like grabbing onto a golden rope and hoisting yourself up….

Hope materializes~Out of the Blue.

When we Invite the Light, Blue turns to Gold

 

This photo was taken from the Ha’penny Bridge over the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. We visited Dublin for 27 hours in April 2019 and it was an experience I will never forget! I can’t wait to go back!

 

Photographed with a #LUMIXG9 with the 15mm Leica Lens.    /e\: 1/40th second, f1.7, ISO 1600

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