Emerge!

I've been talking about the E-Course I'm taking with Kelly Rae Roberts and how wonderful it's been in preparing me to take flight once again. Well now, in addition to taking flight, I have a new friend and a new word.

Emerge........allow me to share!

On Friday, one of my 'Flying Friends', Cindy, came to visit. We hit it off instantly! It was just so special to be able to spend time with a like minded person! This is the first time an internet friendship has transformed into a real life friendship for me. It's very special. Cindy is a beautiful, kind, intelligent and talented soul. I'm so happy to call her my friend.

We shared stories about our lives, our art and our journeys. I shared this quotation on Facebook on Friday even before we met;

"I may not know you, but I know I am a lot like you, and that we can relate to each other. I know that we are not alone with our challenges and feelings. And knowing that is truly great."

And it proved to be ever so true. We come from different parts of the world, grew up in different ways and yet the similarities exceed the differences!

I asked Cindy to bring along some of her art, which she did. Beautiful work and all from the heart, you can feel it. At the end of it all, came the surprise! She actually asked me to pick one of her pieces! I declined at first.....I wasn't pretending or anything, but each piece just held so much meaning, but she insisted, and so I did. I picked a piece titled 'Emerge'.

Cindy said "Emerge" was her 'word' last year, and now it's mine! This is so symbolic and again, so special! I don't mean to be nerdy, but I even though I know what emerge means, I just had to look it up to really make sure I was embodying the word. So,

: to become manifest : become known

: to rise from or as if from an enveloping fluid : come out into view

: to rise from an obscure or inferior position or condition

: to come into being through evolution .....

This couldn't have come into my life at a better time.

Thank you Cindy!

Even though I am happy I've found a new friend, I am also sad, sad because she'll be moving soon. But then again, it won't matter too much, I know we'll always have our friendship!

So thank you Kelly Rae for bringing together this collection of amazing women, women from different parts of the world, all wildly talented, all on the quest of emerging, of flying!

It's beautiful.