Love for Art

  I have always been creative, always I think that I have been deliberate in thinking outside the box.  In grade school, I was expected to color within the lines, although coloring outside the lines made perfect sense to me.  I wanted to create and redefine the boundaries to become more elaborate, more fantastical or just plain bigger.  I have always been attracted to the colors of nature, flowers especially.  The magic of their scents and their one of a kind colors are always a reminder that God's hand is ever present with His wondrous palette of colors. So now, after years of thinking I could be an artist, I am one. 

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
― Pablo Picasso
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Home Is Where Your Story Begins

I believe that 'Home is where your story begins.'  My story began in Jourdanton, Texas, population 2200.  When I started my educational journey, we did not have kindergarten, so there I was,  a non-speaking English first grader. Spanish was the primary language spoken in my home, so the first few months of school was a time of intense learning in the full sense of the word.  Wanting to communicate with my classmates and engaging in all the fun daily activities prompted me to learn at least the yesses, no thank yous and I don't knows pretty darn quick. I have to thank Mary Lou for being the sweet girl that she was and she took it to heart when the teacher told her that she was to take me under her wing. She was bilingual and learning English from her was not only easy, it was fun. She brought a smile to my face everyday by telling me that I was learning very well.  Indeed the learning went so well that I was also reading in pace with the class within a month's time.  I not only learned English, but I learned patience, tolerance and understanding from Mary Lou and my fellow classmates. So if I didn't say it then, thank you from the bottom of my heart!

"Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. If either of them falls down, one can help the other up."  Ecc 4:9-10