surrender.


February 1, 2010

Been practicing. Surrendering that is. To time mostly. To the changes in my life since becoming a mother. With each day and night, no matter if it goes as planned or not.  To my art, in appreciation for completion, even if it took a week or more. I’m learning it’s much easier to swim along with the current. My arms get too tired trying to swim upstream. I’m seeing more and more that there are a lot of different creative ways of being.

I painted this image last week both for myself and as part of a collaborative project. I think it’s so important to make time for projects that I WANT to make happen — not just paying, contracted projects. Even when, or maybe I should say “especially when”, time is most precious.

After I typed in my last post about going on adventures, Patrick, Tulsi, Oso and I hiked down to the Rio Grande. Only a 12-minute drive across the mesa and a 20-minute hike down into the gorge, for an hour visit with a beautiful river. Total bliss, really.

Surrendering also, to the beauty and blessings that are abundant in my life. It amazes me that Tulsi gets to grow up in such beauty and nature.

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10 Responses to “surrender.”

  1. kerin rose Says:
    February 2nd, 2010 at 6:27 am

    oooooh, I need a print of this! :)


  2. Sabbio Says:
    February 2nd, 2010 at 11:07 am

    I’m in love with this “Surrender” piece :) And that’s exactly what I felt when I needed to find a way to do everything without being stressed, frustrated or “sad”… you’re on the right wise path Jenny!


  3. judith Says:
    February 2nd, 2010 at 6:54 pm

    O Jenny what an image! Wish I could have it big on a wall in my life. When I saw the little tiny icon image & title I could feel justvwhat it would be & it WAS. Yay. Thank you so much .


  4. coloredsock Says:
    February 2nd, 2010 at 8:23 pm

    thanks, Jude. i’m happy you like it. i’m understanding more and more how motherhood is a sisterhood, and oh, what a beautiful thing to relate to other mothers…no matter how old our babies are. hope you are well! xo


  5. coloredsock Says:
    February 2nd, 2010 at 8:28 pm

    thanks, Sabbio. i know you know!! and i’m seeing how every mother must go thru this and learn for herself. i hadn’t posted in awhile before i was traveling simply because time was so full and challenging. it’s a good support for all of us to remind each other, too, to be gentle with ourselves. this is such a sacred time…


  6. nancy Says:
    February 2nd, 2010 at 8:46 pm

    wow jenny, that is inspiring and uplifting, thanks for sharing your world with us, it really touches my heart. tulsi is a lucky girl, you are and amazing women &* mother. xo xo nancy


  7. coloredsock Says:
    February 3rd, 2010 at 9:12 am

    thanks, Nancy. i feel like i’m the luckiest one. i’ve heard the saying “learn as you go” with motherhood/parenthood, and it’s true. every day is new and different. hope to see you and Miss Olive soon. xoxo


  8. Donna O'Donnell Figurski Says:
    February 6th, 2010 at 2:32 pm

    This looks like the gorgeous place I hiked down to last summer with Kiersten and Kaya. Are there little hot pools here? Lovely picture. Nice memory.

    http://donnaodonnellfigurski.wordpress.com/


  9. coloredsock Says:
    February 6th, 2010 at 3:50 pm

    Hi Donna! i know just the place you are talking about — stagecoach hotsprings maybe? it’s gorgeous there, too! the rio is one of my favorite places to be by here. and thanks for your blog link — i’ll definitely check it out.


  10. fernanda Says:
    February 9th, 2010 at 9:07 am

    This post is such an inspiration! Everything! Tulsi is really lucky to have you as a mother and to live and grow in a place like this.

    Peace & Love to you and your beautiful family.

    Fernanda


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