I just wanted to say Happy Earth Day to everyone. It's been a while since I've been on here, but I hope all of my friends are doing really good. When I finally did log on there were so many submissions that I was sort of overwhelmed. I'm sorry I was unable to comment on all of them but I did see them all and I thought that they were all beautiful. Thank you for all of your comments and I hope to be able to submit more work soon.

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there, I do not sleep
I am a thousand winds that blow
I am the diamonds glint on snow
I am the sunlight on ripened grain
I am the gentle autumn’s rain
When you awaken in the mornings hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight
I am the soft stars that shine at night
Do not stand at my grave and cry
I am not there
I did not die

I just wanted to say Thank You so much to everyone that's taken the time to check out my art. I just made it to 1000 pageviews and I'm so excited. So many thanks to all of you that watch for my new submissions and thanks to all who just come across it on their own and take the time to check it out. I feel very honored that talented artists such as all of you can find some kind of joy in my art. You are all very kind!! So thanks again and I hope I can do more for all of you to enjoy because I enjoy your talents so very much.

No one is ever aware of the time they have on this earth, and the only thing they ever want out of their time here…is everything. Sometimes we search so hard for the things we want, that we miss the wonders in front of our face because we were looking everywhere else. How can we stop ourselves, how can we stop before we wake up one day and we realize that we've thrown all our chances for everything we ever wanted away? We want friendship, but are we a good and genuine friend to others? We want love, but do we love unconditionally and wholeheartedly? There are so many expectations we have in this life but do we have any expectations of ourselves? We have lost our sense of pride in each other and ourselves, always looking for the next best thing, when the only way anything can ever be the best, is if we are determined to make it that way. It's so easy for us to give up when things aren't going our way, then we wake up one day and everyone has in turn given up on us, and we are again alone. Who do we blame? There are only so many times in life that we can put the blame in someone else's hands. Who can you cry to when no one's there? People are running in circles in this world, blaming each other, hurting each other, disappointing each other, pushing people away, and then wondering why they're standing in the dark...all alone.

I’m negative, I’m grumpy, I’m argumentative, I’m always right, I’m often insensitive and crude, I’m judgmental, I’m not reassuring, I’m tired and hurting almost all the time, I’m a big ball of self-induced stress, I’m clumsy and broken, I've don’t eat right, I cuss and use the Lord’s name in vain all the time, I smoke cigarettes and drink, I've done my fair share of all kinds of drugs, I’m not the sharpest pencil on the desk, I don’t get enough sleep cause I don’t want to, I’m not a good cook, I use the microwave way too much, I never mail the letters that I write to people, I’m not really shy I just don’t like people, I never take my own advice, I don’t decorate and I never get film developed, I clean when I want to not when I should, I’m a wild personality and I listen to my music to loud, I’ve turned away from religion, I’ve done things that would shock you, I’ve let people down, I contradict myself all the time, I'm forever changing, I expect more of people than what I allow them to expect of me but I often expect more than humanly possible of myself...…

I’m also loving when the time is right, I’m kind when it’s needed, I know my flaws and I know I need to make some improvements in myself, I’m confident in ME and my humanity, I’m a damn good mother, I’m a damn good friend, I have an ample supply of inner strength that often shocks even me, I don’t buy into bullshit and I protect the people that I love from it too, I’d give the shirt off my back to someone in need if I thought it would give them a chance to succeed, I'm funny and silly when I want to be, I’ll go out of my way to make someone smile, I’m crafty and artistic, I like to help people develop confidence in themselves, I love animals, I love music, I love writing that comes from the heart, I read all the time and I have a great imagination, I have pride in myself and the people in my life…

…Nice to meet you…