In Front of Me

"It is very difficult for us to comprehend and value our own lives. 

It is much easier for us to see things outside ourselves."

  Natalie Goldberg in Writing Down the Bones

 

 

I'll always be Brianne,

wife of my husband,

mother of my children,

child of God.

 



 

I'll always be an artist, a writer, a dreamer -

those are essential for me to be me.

 

There will be parts of me that are shed away,

making room for others to grow stronger -

and as I go through the changes,

I must resolve to accept all of me, lovingly.



A creation,

created,

and

creating -

that is me.

 

"I've come to understand that the creative process is not about creating something separate from myself; it's about creating WHO I AM.  I create myself through my creations."

Alison Strickland in Harvesting Your Journals