Bon Apetite!!!

Good food is something hard to forget. Like love at any level when it is mutual and endearing. It is something to be treasured and is a measure of everything that is eaten afterwards. For me it is the crawfish platter at Mike Anderson's in Baton Rouge, the lasagna at the now-defunct Mama Leonies, the "pesche" at Le Cou-cou in Paris. Delightful, comfortable, pleasing. My prayer is that may the aspects of life always be this endearing and unforgettable in a loving and exciting way.

Thanks LORD GOD FATHER

Do I always know what's best for me? Obviously not or I would be able to control whatever causes me to overeat. And I would exercise every day. Nope I would make all the right choices with activity and eating and sleeping and other things I need to make choices about. But I don't. However God knows what is best for me. And provides me with vegetables...and the ability to say "no" to things I shouldn't eat and "enough" to the right portion and above all when to admit to myself that enough is enough. God has given me this ability and I would not be able to survive without Him....Thanks, abba!!!

Art is the imitation of life...

Art matches life. This is our focus, our vantage point, our heart and what we understand. It must, for while we have imagination our life colors art. Imagination give body to art. We learn from our art and our life. And the sadness of art or the joy of art reflect our life and our art helps us figure out life's difficulties. May God bless us with this wisdom and craft to be able to understand our life.

Just when you thought it was safe...

I saw "Jaws" on TV. I didn't get the thrill of seeing the mechanical shark eat people on the big screen, mostly because of the protectiveness of my parents, but too I wasn't so sure I wanted to see it. Seeing it and "The Exorcist" on TV and having read the book "The Exorcist" one summer night from cover to cover I am actually thrilled my parents were that protective of me. And God is like that. Using Jesus as a shield, whatever we go through is nothing compared to what He went through...He took all our sins upon His shoulders. He protects us and loves us that much. I am so glad my Daddy has a lap big enough for me and all peoples to hide and be protected.