Forget-me-nots represent true love and giving someone this flower means you truly love and respect this person. It is a testament to your relationships and promises the other person that you will never forget them in your thoughts. Forget me nots are a symbol of fidelity and being truthful to someone you love. Based on Christian lore,…
Do not yield to fear, for I am always near.Never turn your gaze from me, for I am your faithful God.I will infuse you with my strengthand help you in every situation.I will hold you firmly with my victorious right hand.’ Isaiah 41:10 The Passion Translation (TPT) Last week I wrote about “Time” Last week…
Back in September, before I started moving and re-writing everything on the Blog, I spent quite a bit of time in my studio. The purpose? Preparing some little pictures for a Silent Auction benefiting a local ministry. It was the most fun I’ve had in a while. Usually the pictures I do are intended to…
Once upon a time, more years ago than I care to count, there was a young mother who wanted very much to be an artist. Do you remember Christmas 1961? One fine day, the Fuller Brush man came to her door offering his wares. Do you remember the Fuller Brush man? Now this young mother was…
“Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it but to delight in it when it comes.” – Charles Dickens Hope your day has been Happy, happy, happy. Living in the worship and awe of God will bring you many years of contented living. So how could the wicked ever expect to…
Grace and peace on this funny Friday morning Dear Hearts. ❤ I wonder…do you think God has a sense of humor? O, I’m fairly certain He does. Take the Facebook fiasco that’s been going on in my computers for the past couple of weeks. I’ve been messing with my ‘News Feed’ off and on for…
Good Morning Dear Hearts Grace and peace upon your day It looks to be a pull up your big girl panties and DEAL WITH IT day around here. I’ll be busy, but I’ll check in with y’all later. It’s time to do some deep cleaning – with glasses on – and that’s going to take…
It’s been such a long, long time since I’ve actually written a post! I mean a real, written post. A blog post. For most of the past year my writing has been of the Facebook sort. Now that my direction has been re-focused to the Blog, I find myself with something akin to ‘writer’s block’…
A day to remember. After months of wrestling with the settings and situations on the Blog where I’ve written our story since 2012 I am finally, at long last, satisfied with what’s happening. New Beginnings can be a huge blessing! In actuality nanaellen.com was first uploaded in November of 1996 but there have been so…
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