Giving Thanks

 I am ever so thankful for my family, friends and life.

Everything seems to be changing, as one of my sisters is married now, my brother is in college and my youngest sister will soon be 16.

I am glad that we have each other ....and I am looking forward to our meal on Saturday.

The Artist Man

 There is a Artist man who lives close to me.

We used to draw together underneath the trees.

We would talk together and make each other smile.

I have know this man for a long while.

But there is something about him that is taking a toll.

Monsters are inside of him , eating his soul.

He is my friend though, sometimes people ask me why.

It is because I see myself in him, though when his monsters come out ,
 sometimes I cry.

For years my friend, I have prayed for you.

There is nothing else I can do.

But my friend, I keep telling myself that God must love you at least as much as I do.

I love you Artist man......but I hate your monsters.

Pain and Happiness

 I don't really know how to begin....There is a lot of stuff that happened this week..
..And some things I wanted to say about something that happened a couple of weeks ago........

Monday was BAD I was o.k. during i.v. but I got sick and that long ride home was horrid but thankfully I felt a good deal better by the next day.

 I was just tired, thats all.

I found out my one of my Aunts was or maybe is now dead or dying.....She isn't my aunt really ..but I called her my Aunt.

I have been praying for her specifically for a long time ..and its so strange that even though I didn't know what was going on , I found myself saying her name over and over again when I pray....normally I wouldn't do that.

Some friends came over the other day..It was wonderful and I had a good time , but it was terrible too.

For the first time in my entire life I nearly told someone to get out of my house and go home.

Words hurt.




Now on to the HAPPINESS part...

I am on the front page of the newspaper for the Easter Seals stamp!!!
My picture and my drawing!!!

I am glad about that.

This week has been rough but not all bad.


Now on to something that happened a couple of weeks ago... ( I think this person might be reading this, so I thought maybe I'd better say this) 

There was a girl who has a facebook page that I was asked to like so I did..
...I normally do if someone asks me, but she wrote me very odd messages..
She said I wasn't who I said I was , that I hurt her that I was someone who wrote a blog about HER!!  
Well in case she reads this blog about herself, this blog is Jessica Riley's , it isn't yours....it is not about you,( except this wee bit here) and yes since you first asked me to pray for you ,I have been and will continue to because I think maybe you are in need of it? Who isn't in need of prayer anyway???  I never have met you so.... I don't really know whats up. 

Fortunes

Thursday I went shopping with my sister that recently got married, Katie.

We ate Chinese food and we read our fortunes out loud and I got this:

On the back of my fortune it said ..Drunk. Katie and I laughed of course, and then she had to read hers, I don't remember the fortune but the back of hers said Drinking!!

We really laughed then .

When my sister was paying for the food I was looking at the little animals they had for sale there, and the lady gave me a little dog! She gave Katie a little mouse too, she was so nice.

Later when we went to the mall we were treated with extreme kindness. We were even given bottles of perfume...ones that they don't normally give out.

We went to goodwill and I bought what I thought was a nice long flowered dress that was like early 90s style, I tried it on the next day just to see what it looked like and I realized it is NOT a dress, it's a jumpsuit!!

I will still wear it I'm sure. :)

The trip was a lot of fun, I rarely get to go out with Katie, just she and I ....it seems strange she is married and well.... a grown up.
  
We could of went to a bar , but we didn't.

I Have Had a Strange Pet

A SCOBY!! You know one of those things to make kombucha ..anyway I took care of it and yesterday my mom helped me start to make the tea.

I guess that probably doesn't seem that exciting but I love kombucha so....it is to me!!

I don't really have much to say..I have felt pretty rough, but here are some drawings for yous to see.

 For some reason the light from the scanner reflected really bad on the rose, this was the best I could get it for now.

 I drew the squish gourdish sort of thing today.

Mondays...

I.v. day, and today I got to see Ralphie!!

The day still seemed very long.

Also Sandra Westmoreland is the winner of the Easter Seal of the year contest!!

Thanks to everyone that voted for me, I am just so excited that my artwork will be on one of the stamps 2014!!!

That is all I have to say right now.

Good night folks.