I come from a family of surprisers. My parents and siblings love to do the unexpected and especially love to plan surprise visits. They're not as common anymore now that there are lots of kids involved, but there was a time when "dropping in" for a visit, despite living thousands of miles away, was a semi-regular occurrence. When you've been surprised a lot though, it makes you pretty hard to surprise.
This past week, however, our youngest daughter completely and totally surprised us with this beautiful gift she'd been working on for weeks.
It's a painting she's been working on in her art class. She based it on this photo--one of our favorites--from our trip to Uganda.
It literally took my breath away and I'm still in awe that a child of mine had the artistic capacity to capture such beauty and emotion. Now we just need to find a place to get it framed...
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“The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before.” Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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