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Become the vessel
Offering an open heart
No will but to serve
Give shape to what is given
Be shaped by the love you hold
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The photo for this week’s prompt is from an old painting of mine… an experiment with oils. I was fairly pleased with how it worked and put it on the bookshelf to dry. When my son came to visit, he actually asked for the painting… it reminded him of a book we had both loved and he wanted to take it home. That was the highest praise I could have asked for and meant more than the lucrative commissions I was getting at the time.
A few weeks later, he was in a coma and fighting for his life. This little painting that he loved sat on the table beside his bed in the high dependency unit, throughout all the months he was in hospital, along with photos of family and friends and all the small things that might help him remember who he was when he woke… and it stayed there when, miraculously, he did.
It now hangs on the wall beside his bed, a constant reminder of a journey through darkness to light.
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Thank you to everyone who took part, visited or reblogged the posts or left comments for their authors.
A new prompt will be published later today. As always, I will reblog as many contributions as space and time allows as they come in… and all of them will be featured in the round-up next Thursday.
All the posts are listed below, so please click on the links below to read them and leave a comment for the author!
Pingbacks do not always come through… and I can miss things… if you have written a post for this challenge and it does not appear in the round-up, please leave a link to your post in the comments and I will add it to the list.
An invitation to writephoto writers…
As there are usually too many contributions to reblog all of them every week, and so that we can get to know their writers, I would like to invite all writephoto writers to come and introduce themselves on the blog as my guest! Click here for details.
Come and join in!
Thank you to all Contributors!
Please click the links to read and comment on the author’s site.
Kerfe Roig at K-Lines that aim to be
Christine Bolton at Poetry for Healing
Kathy Lauren Miller at A View to a Book
Deborah at A Wise Woman’s Journey
Sitharaam Jayakumar at Jai’s Jottings
Anita from Anita Dawes and Jaye Marie
Paula Light at Light Motifs II
Fandango at This, That and the Other
Goff James at Art, Photography and Poetry
Dr. Lim Keng Huat at wonkywizard
Teresa Smeigh at Tessa can do it
Jim Adams at A Unique Title for Me
Anjali Sharma at Positive Side Of The Coin
Alethea Kehas at The Light Behind the Story
Sue Vincent's Daily Echo 
A deep emotional connection with this painting. And it is an amazing work.
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Thanks, Sadje.. yes, it came to mean a lot to us.
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You’re welcome Sue.
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I love your take on this, Sue. Beautiful! You had a lot of people participate this time around! I love the painting!! ❤
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Thank you , Penny. It was lovely to see so many take part over Christmas 🙂
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This was a lovely take on the prompt Sue! ❤
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Thanks, Deborah ❤
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What a wonderful story! Beautiful painting and words. Happy New Year Sue!
https://kblog.blog/2020/01/02/trembled/
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Happy new year, Kerfe!
I’ll add this to the round-up. x
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(I did leave a comment, as I love the poem…but as I am having awful internet issues, I am not sure it posted… )
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Apparently, my comments are being consigned to spam on some sites and for some unknown reason. I would be grateful if you could fish me out of your spam folder, please Kerfe 🙂
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I will! I don’t check it as often as I should.
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Thank you, Kerfe 🙂
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Thank you🙏💕
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I’m late, but here it is. https://rosemarycarlson.com/2020/01/02/offering-writephoto/
Thanks, Sue!
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Thanks,Rosemary… I’ll add it to the round-up 🙂
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The story behind your painting is wonderful Sue. A Guardian Angel.
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Thanks, Di… she is a constant reminder of something beautiful.
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Yes, she is.
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Beautiful poem Sue and such a poignant back story to it too. 💜
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Thanks Willow xx
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A pleasure Sue 💜
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What a story and so glad that it worked for your son and that he came out of it to see it again.
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So am I 🙂
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