Simply Cinderella

 Put me to work on an art project, and I will be over the moon! And that's exactly what my grandma did when I visited her with my family this summer.  She had an old outdoor statue of Our Lady that was in desperate need of a facelift.  I could tell this statue had once been stunning but was now in so much disrepair only the imagination could tell what it looked like before. When I was asked to complete this project, I was thrilled, but absolutely at a loss as to where I should even start.  I tried searching for how-to's but I wasn't finding exactly what I needed for this specific statue.  The thing with this one is that it had previously been painted: most tutorials were for statues that had not been painted.  I did however use this Wikihow article as a reference for most of the steps I took. I did things a little differently though given my circumstances, so I'm going to share with you my method as well as the things I wish I had known to do, but no one t...

 When you were little, in times of trouble, there was always an incomparable comfort found in your mother.  If you fell and scraped your knee, saw something scary, or couldn't sleep... it was almost always an immediate response to run to mom.  Or if you were excited, brought home a picture from school, found a good friend, or saw a pretty butterfly, mom was usually the first to hear about it and help us enjoy the beautiful little celebrations in life.  Christ gave us our mothers as those who would comfort, nurture, and care for us, and one day we too may be mothers and care for our own children. But He also had a mother, one more perfect and loving than other women have been able to be, as she had the special privilege of being the Immaculate Conception.  So who better to turn to in times of trouble, or even joy, than the most Holy mother who is constantly loving us and looking out for us? "Trust in me, my daughter, that I am thy Mother." I just wanted to share ...