So I thought that it would be fun to post pic's from my verrrah own personal library of amateur photos to give us something to look at besides book covers. Feel free to use them for wallpaper. This one is from my Christmas Cactus. It's got kind of a cool story behind it, and I'll share that beneath the picture.
Right after 9/11, I got a job as secretary at the homeless office at Welfare Square in Salt Lake City. An average of 70 people came through the office every day willing to do volunteer work in exchange for food, housing and clothing.
Just the month before, with the help of my mother, I had moved cross country to remove myself from a potentially life-threatening situation. Unfortunately, my former husband refused to allow me to bring our three children with me. And so, we've had a long-distance relationship for nearly eight years since then. I'm so, so proud of each one of them.
One day, a cook from the cafeteria at Welfare Square came into my office bearing a small pot with three small shoots on it. She knew I loved flowers and plants. She told me it was a Christmas Cactus that would bear beautiful double blooms twice a year.
Well, I decided each small shoot symbolized each of my children. The plant has grown and bloomed so that it's too big to even wrap my arms around, (not that it stops me from trying) and what's even more wonderful, is it blooms three times a year. For each of my children. Life is full of small and simple gifts. Life is full of beauty.
Right after 9/11, I got a job as secretary at the homeless office at Welfare Square in Salt Lake City. An average of 70 people came through the office every day willing to do volunteer work in exchange for food, housing and clothing.
Just the month before, with the help of my mother, I had moved cross country to remove myself from a potentially life-threatening situation. Unfortunately, my former husband refused to allow me to bring our three children with me. And so, we've had a long-distance relationship for nearly eight years since then. I'm so, so proud of each one of them.
One day, a cook from the cafeteria at Welfare Square came into my office bearing a small pot with three small shoots on it. She knew I loved flowers and plants. She told me it was a Christmas Cactus that would bear beautiful double blooms twice a year.
Well, I decided each small shoot symbolized each of my children. The plant has grown and bloomed so that it's too big to even wrap my arms around, (not that it stops me from trying) and what's even more wonderful, is it blooms three times a year. For each of my children. Life is full of small and simple gifts. Life is full of beauty.
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I want to be sunshine. I'm not quite sure how to shine, but I have a message of peace, hope and love to share. And it's not what you'd think.
