Creating this small living-room layout & feeling good about the space for my studio, uplifting my heart. Tomorrow, I am taking down my art table and recording studio preparing to move. I don’t have a secured place yet. But believing the Lord is one with my spirit and works through me as a guiding light force. He is springing up a refreshing each morning. I get heavy each evening until I get home to my fur-babies but worship uplifts along the way. I joined a $10.00 a month creativity channel for inspiration while in transition as my art materials are in boxes. Inspiration, Holy Spirit on This Good Friday anticipating the dark pain of Christ’s betrayal and death to The most powerful Resurrection of all time. That one that Is Power Imparted within Us. Believing in the salvation of our soul. But that inner life where the Holy Spirit lives, our temple, our hearts linked to our minds, thoughts, emotions and behaviors makes all things possible with God. Transformation in our expression of the rhythm of The Holy Spirit showing up in our beliefs and speech, the tones and care we offer to others as an extension of God’s love. Growing more confident in our ability to receive His Love and hear His Voice. Resurrection then becomes our lifeline through this world knowing we are safe from eternal damnation. We are born again as we walk out our own salvation in faith right now, everyday. Blessings

1. Where are you with your creative life right now? 2. What is Resurrection weekend showing you about yourself? If the weekend has passed, reflect on a meaningful resurrection weekend of sometime in the near present. 3. Let’s practice commenting on each persons post, supportive encouragement please and thank you. To really get into the creating of art that has a message, it is harder for most people to share their vulnerabilities with their art than using words. To create safe space here, let us practice vulnerability. All of my posts, are examples of what creative vulnerability looks like. If we don’t want to get into each others stories, there will not be vulnerable art making experiences. As a foundation in this beginning stage of this creative community, let’s engage in the most simplest of ways. We can all make this time together in the foundation stage building of this community count for something for yourself and for others, please. 🙏 Invitation for some creative vulnerability to connect with yourself and others in this community🤗 You can share your words and add art to it or a photo that represents your short story or not. But please show up and communicate something vulnerable about yourself. Not asking for depth here just the beginning of community building moments. 💕 These Lillies were vibrantly living in my garden that was left behind in a divorce situation. I am glad I have these photos of there yearly beauty always showing up at the right time. Beautiful

I was over qualified for both apartments at The Gray and under-qualified for the Lanesborough Apartments. I applied for the original apartments I really wanted when I thought $125.00 was too high for application fee. I learned it is less than usual and am waiting on approval. Now days, you give access to your actual bank account and paycheck account for approval process. Yep, that’s the truth of it all now. Sorry I am not present here right now. Things are just a lot for me currently. Apparently, Mazlow’s Hierarchy of needs is alive and well in my experiences at the moment. Finding and getting home security will free up my life to create. That is my hope. I apologize again for the significant delay. I feel living by Herman Park will help inspire my art and creativity. My apartment, praying, is on the second floor facing a beautiful pool. In the Inner City of Houston Texas. Moving to the big city is a miracle that I am excited about it. I am just keeping you all informed. I can only apologize for going through some grief facing homelessness since September 2025. I am simply being priced out of a home with my new job. And this job is My God’s provision for me in so many ways to grow as a person. I am learning more and more about criminal manipulation at my job. So, this means that I am failing forward much of the time. This is a rough but necessary growing experience. These things along with 2 hours of driving each day is all that I have right now. I thought of canceling the community until I can really be here for it but decided to keep you informed and if you want to contribute to the slow and steady simpleness, please stay and communicate what is going on in your life and maybe the grief that you find in it. My grief, showing up, is the unpredictability of life and the fact that it is harder than expected. The reminders of these feelings are deep within like a continual back story that lives in the present. I discharged 6 residential clients, intensive paperwork, and taught three groups on Thursday. I worked from 7:30am to 10:00pm since II am off today and had to get the paperwork done in 72 hours. The pressure, manipulation of clients and making mistakes making my boss and my client’s Parole officer very upset with me. I felt real attack from the enemy of my soul as testing me along with the traffic and fighting to stay awake while driving in heavy traffic.

Hi Everyone, @Pixie Elpis @Alicia Voyer @Jaye Brunner @Kathryn Dowell Checking in with you. My goal is shifting my countenance and energy levels to build our community with helpful support and practical information as well as creating art together. I am packing and filling a Uhaul trailer slowly but surely. I extended the days through Wednesday since I am doing this with me-myself & I. It is the first time not having anyone to help. I got a neighbor to load the couch and recliner. Just sharing my process. I feel a significant amount of grief with persistence and hope. I never thought I would be alone with my adult children being distant and unhelpful. I am moving to Houston closer to my job because I really don’t want to die falling asleep driving and possibly hurting someone else. However, I am continuing to learn and grow with Patti’s community, Christians over 50. I purchased her Success Roadmap to get clarity on creating this community. I know most of you know that I started this community but experienced road block in my own creativity. That is why we are off to a slow start. Therefore I am creating content as I work through this resistance and the feeling of heavy grief. Creating Intuitive Art brings this about so I shifted the group from Creating Art As Prayer to Graceful Grief Intuitive Art. I have accepted my place in life as it is in life right now. No striving, just following my heart and following the next steps as they show themselves to me. This is a company that is creating awesome and safe housing, For Me, this time around. It is a different feeling to live among the precious homeless, and retired folks on the poverty line. But homeless for me has been knocking on my front door. The Lord led me to apply for housing as I can’t pay my current rent anymore and I didn’t qualify for 3 times the rent to get a different apartment. any-longer. They are all raising rent from $70.00 to $135.00 a month. I moved around avoiding this but, it is caught up to me right now.

Living a higher quality of life has become a life saving measure. I must make a change not inly to be present and creating in this community but to “stay alive” while driving through Houston traffic to get to work. The Drive: 45 minutes to 1.10 hr each way- Yesterday/I pulled over for a 10 minute cat nap on the way to work due to being so sleepy. Falling asleep has become a critical condition so I am looking for a home close to work. The red apartments, they charge $167.00 for application fee. Paid even though they didn’t tell me I didn’t qualify from the beginning. I am priced out from all the 1bdrm apartments that are safe in Houston and all over our area. Unqualified. The red building was my potential home. Base rent around here is $1260. For tiny 1 bdrm plus fees adds up to about $1360 under 7 hundred sqft. The gray building: 55+ Community I am over qualified for the 1 bdrm. However, under qualified for a 2 bedroom. Humbling and surrendering to the Lord’s care for me right now. Praying for an open door. Experiencing being lower middle class priced out of a home. I am there. It’s at my front door. However, the owner of this beautiful gray building helped me qualify for the two bedroom with the help of a friend❣️ Thank you 🙏 to friends and The Lord’s Grace. I am waiting on verification to go through and I will let you all know how it turns out. This community is my heart and I am working on my quality of life to be able to be present and active with you all and create the information that helps us all. My job is a learning process. And The Lord is squeezing me for that precious oil to flow soon. Blessings, Please pray for me to het this home and get moved in as soon as is possible❣️