Monday Musings... Mom

Painting by Barbara Whitlock

I just thought I would share with you a treasure that my sis and I found among my mother's personal belongings. She wrote:

When I am no longer with you, and peace has claimed my soul.

Gaze upon my paintings, smile and you'll know,

As I placed each vivid color, a brush stroke here and there,

The pleasure that it gave me, is far beyond compare.

A son, strong and witty, two daughters fair as spring.

I leave them with my paintings to ease the saddening sting.

To show that I have walked here and fulfilled every dream.

A woman painting pictures was not quite what it seemed.

No one could know the way it calmed my heart and satisfied my mind,

To sign a finished painting for someone else to find.

So gaze upon my pictures and know deep in your being,

"She lived a blessed and happy life for she left all these things."

                                                           ~Barbara Whitlock

Isn't that sweet? We also found some finished paintings that we didn't know about. We thought they had all been sold. The three of us will surely cherish them forever.

Have a great Monday. Create to your hearts content, because someday others will cherish the memory of you when they "gaze upon" what you made with your hands.