Today is International Day Against Homophobia

A day that has special meaning in our house...my middle son Aden is a homosexual youth with courage to walk his walk proudly amongst us.

He is an honour roll student , plays the violin, is a junior volunteer at a seniors home...is so very loved and accepted by our community and his peers at school. I think most of this is because of his shining amazing personality and soul carried by his confidence and joy for living.

He is just 14 years of age and already possess so many qualities humans 20 or 30 years his senior will never ever get. I LOVE my boy, I am proud of him for being who he is and not who society wants or thinks he should be.

Anytime a new family member or friend of ours finds out that he is gay, we always get the same response "but he is so young", "how does he know"......

REALLY??

When you were a young person starting to have feelings of love an desire for the sex of your liking were you not young, did you not pine for the cute person you had a crush on?

Think about it.

His feelings are normal feelings at a normal age. I think the misunderstanding surrounding homosexuality lead people to think that when you are a homosexual you don't really know until you are much older so I am happy to write this post and add a link to information so that understanding and tolerance will hopefully be the norm one day!

The LOVE for my child will always win...

Day Against Homophobia

Words of Perception worth listening to...

Creativity to say......I Love You

This little scene was made by my youngest son, Finn. I was in my studio studying and oh so quietly I hear a little Sneaky McSneaky coming up in the rear...."Oh" I say , "you little sneak", "You got me again"....There he was standing with his arm stretched out holding a handmade paper image of what he described as "mommy I made you". He has also crafted a house for me to live in including a TV for all those days I am bored and might want to watch a show or two...

Treasured they will be for sure.

I have been in the mood to create with my old trusty stand by, fabric and thread. I love creating pictures with thread...embroidery is kind of meditative, stitch by stitch. This piece is created by using basic muslin fabric in which I have embroidered an image of one of my girls then added paint for detail. I have attached the textile piece to a pine box frame.

I have been away for a little while catching up on some projects, getting children ready for the start of a new school year, and starting a new semester in the degree program I am taking!!! Gosh I am out of breath.....I really have wanted to post about this for a while now and feel really good about putting this up for Ya'll to see. One of my customers, a sweet person Michelle sent me a message one day asking if she could use one of my sketches/mini quilt designs for a tattoo she wanted to have done....she said it reminded her of herself and her daughter. I really love that first of all Michelle 'got it', the meaning behind this sketch as I designed it as a tribute to two of the most amazing residents I work with at the long term care facility....Myrtle and Eileen!! They are two ladies who have found each other and are always walking around holding hands, cuddling and just giving and receiving LOVE from each other.

Human contact that is what we crave, unconditional love, connection to another, to each other! We are all humans, does it matter if we are different in belief and or appearance??? I think not.

At the end of your life will you care?

Trust me I see it first hand from the lovely humans we care for....all they want is love and affection and understanding. I thank you Michelle for sharing this with me and everyone who sees the tattoo of you and your daughter!! If you want to check out Michelle's blog you can find it over at http://vintagethriftcraft.typepad.com/vintage_thrift_craft/

Someone please tell me when

it happens......when do they go from this ........eating your blanket for comfort and security to...... This......mom, I want my hair dyed black with a bold blond streak in the center and snake bites??? I heard from all those folks how fast it goes and really when you are in the middle of the heat you do not or can not comprehend what they mean......it does go really fast. I am so proud of my middle son, straight A's, student counsel, band very social and outgoing, socially conscience and thoughtful...I do enjoy watching , helping, and being there, for the child to teen transformation that goes on in a child's life....it is such a huge change for everyone that if you blink all of a sudden you turn around and some MAN voice is talking in your house and you think who is that????

I have been working on a new series of pieces with a 'moody' theme depicting dark houses loaded with yummy texture and minimal lines. I think this mostly comes from my deep feelings lately surrounding kids, love, relationships etc. Sometimes when I drive the back country roads and fall upon the old rickety barns and out buildings, I wonder what the story is. How and who lived in that structure that was once a dwelling?