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2025 has whipped on by, but was an event filled year. We sold art at the Pullman Block House, had several Illinois Humanities Road Scholar events and participated in the Gary Book Event.
Looking forward to 2026.
Grateful is not a reaction to what goes right, but a recognition of the good that persists — even in what goes wrong.
To live gratefully is to see life through the lens of appreciation rather than expectation.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. Psalms 100:4
G.rateful means to be feeling or showing thankfulness and appreciation for something positive, such as a kindness, benefit, or opportunity that has been received.
“Grace gathers in my spirit like soft light at dawn.
I move gently through each moment,
anchored in peace, lifted by love.
Even when storms arise, I do not break—
I bend, breathe, and bloom again.”
by Chatgpt
Humble – Understanding that blessings often come from outside oneself. Grace is such a vital part of our lives that God gives us this very thing as part of a blessing,
Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace that you have been saved, through faith and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.
Grace is unmerited favor and undeserved love.
My hope is in Jesus.
Hope is the whisper at the edge of night,
A candle unbending against the wind’s bite.
It gathers the broken, the weary, the small,
And teaches their shadows to stand up tall.
It hides in the cracks of the hardest stone,
A seed that insists it can bloom alone.
It sings in the silence when fear grows loud,
A sky breaking open, releasing the cloud.
Hope is not fragile, though soft in its tone,
It carries the weight we cannot bear alone.
It dares us to dream, though the night feels long,
Turning tomorrow into a song.
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