Reflections 5/7/2020: This picture has become the backdrop for my life! Both sides of it capture sooo much drama and emotion. Definitely been living in the seemingly dead, monochromic half of the picture these past 6 months. Just the reality of fighting cancer has rendered me winterized… alive in spirit but dormant in my productivity. I HAVE mastered the art of sitting and staring blindly in no particular direction… I’d like to claim it as contemplative meditation, but truth be known, it is just plain numbness. BUT sooo much abundance awaits on the other side of this tree! Bursting colors! Greenery galore as life rushes back in! Swaying with the hues of a spectacular sunrise calling me back to involvement in the intricate dance of life! I don’t feel that just yet, but knowing that my revolution around the Son will eventually bring a change of seasons fills me with HOPE! And what is hope but a foretaste of the good things to come? And that foretaste can enchant my tastebuds, even in my monochromic state of being, to help me hold out for the abundance to come! May the time I’ve spent in black and white, all the more delight me as the colors of life begin to splash back into my faded body, mind and spirit.