Dear friends - I started writing this guide last year as I recovered from a unilateral mastectomy. It was therapeutic on many levels. It allowed me to focus on what I know to be true, while also slooooowly healing. I'm happy to say I just passed my one-year mark on recovery. Praise God, it's been a haul. A few weeks back, I knew more than anything I wanted to wrap this up and share it with you in September. Little did I know what the state of the world would be when I was finally ready to hit publish. Today, I find myself with the heaviness of everything that is going on and I wonder, does any of this still matter? I mean it almost feels superficial to be talking about art, creativity, beauty at a time like this. For me, and for many that I know in the creative community, we know nothing else. What I mean is that we are always looking for beauty and creating is just who we are and what we do. As I stated in my book from 2017 Awakening to Beauty in Our Midst this is a way of life. It is how I cope and find purpose and meaning beyond the struggles, sadness, disappointments, and hard. Because, when I look for beauty, I am also seeking God. For me, they are one and the same. When He shares a monarch landing on a flower at just the right moment for me to then snap that picture - that is a gift. It is nourishment for my soul and I want nothing more than for you to experience the Divine love of God in all areas of your life. I am here to say that He is indeed in your creativity and in your making as well.

Please, go and download this little guide and workbook. May it encourage and equip you to move forward in these uncertain times with purpose and passion. Because, now more than ever, we need each other. We need encouragement, beauty, and small moments of solace and peace.

Hugs to you, my friend. Honor what's within and embrace the simple.ordinary.beauty. in your day-to-day, beyond the hard.