Surprise!
I love surprises, the good kind. Love, love, love them.
A few months ago, I received a wonderful surprise in the mail from Stephanie, a dear friend who–wow!–I have cyber-known for almost a decade. Steph and I have born witness to some of the most significant highs and lows of each others’ lives, personally and professionally. But we have never met.
Steph is a woman is transition, in all the best senses of that word, constantly, thoughtfully, wonderfully in transition. One day, I looked up, and she was painting. That’s not to say that she started painting the day I looked up, but when I looked up, her painting was so alive to me, it was as if it had happened overnight.
And she sent me one of her gems. The painting was anything but cliched, but it inspired all kinds of cliches in me: I opened the packaging and my mouth literally fell open, and I couldn’t take my eyes off it for the longest time. Through the painting, I felt Steph’s warmth and friendship. Later, she told me she sent it in part out of celebration of our friendship, and I could feel that joy too.
The painting made me feel special, as (good) surprises always do.
Enjoy!
June 22nd, 2008 at 5:25 am
Maybe it’s just the PC I’m on, but the picture doesn’t show…
June 22nd, 2008 at 8:15 am
Wendy:
Strange…I logged out of admin mode to check, and I can see it. Hmmm…
If you go to my McCrack page and look under “Pics”, you can see it there.
Cheers!
June 22nd, 2008 at 1:48 pm
This is a gorgeous painting! Thanks for sharing…
June 26th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
{{{{DEESHA}}}}}
Thanks for, as you call it, the blog love. I DO indeed love love love you, and yes, it is all strange considering that we’ve never met f2f, and when I read the blog entry after this one I just want to run and hold you and tell you how clueless I’ve been even until recently to know what to do except for “send light” when overwhelming happenings happen to those I love love love.
I’m still just so happy that you like the painting…that it has a loving home.
-Stephanie