appropriate somehow...

I've been absent for a little over a week.

I spent eight days with my aging parents.

The decisions we needed to make were heavy ones.

I returned home yesterday afternoon and today went with my husband to Winona Lake (IN)

where he attended a seminar.

I stopped at a Goodwill store before settling in at a coffee shop there.

I purchased a mug ($.50) and this watercolor ($.75).

This was the explanation enclosed with the painting...

It was very appropriate to my current situation.

There WERE hours when the effort to look up in hope seemed too much;

however, the touch of the Holy DID invite me to stand up straight.

I shall cherish this painting and consider it quite a token of God's reassuring presence.

 (OK.  I THINK it is a watercolor.  I need to do a little more research.)