Here’s the picture I took of Sophie’s nursery.  Pretty sad when you compare it to Brandy’s work!

I noticed Brandy’s website isn’t just a portfolio of her work, but also a blog.  I’ve noticed a lot of young people (NOT that I am OLD! LOL), women my daughters’ age, do a lot of blogging.  The Internet has really changed socializing, and I suppose my initial opinion of bloggers was not very positive.  I thought it was weird that people wanted to share their journals with the world, or that they were a bit socially retarded and found it easier to communicate at a keyboard versus in person.

Well, I was wrong.  Gone are the days when women talked to other women at the riverbank while beating their laundry on the rocks.  Gone are the days when your neighbor helped you shell peas on the front porch, and talked.  Our days are no busier than our ancestors, but the type of busyness has changed.  It’s a solitary busyness that often excludes the fellowship of other women.

I was a stay-at-home mom when my first two daughters were little.  My friend, Kathy, (also a stay-at-home mom) asked me to help her make school clothes for her daughter, Rachel.  I took my sewing machine to her house early one morning, and we sewed up at least a half dozen pairs of pants and matching tops.  We sewed all day, and we talked.  Today, I hardly know my neighbors.  Everyone, including me, is so busy, busy, busy.  And that’s a shame.  Brandy’s blogs were delightful.  Even though I’ve never met the young woman, it was like sitting down and having coffee with a friend.  The joy she feels about each picture is so evident.  Her favorite subjects are her adorable little girls. 

One of my favorite scriptures is “and let the beauty of Lord, our God, be upon us and establish the work of our hands, yes, establish the work of our hands”.  God has truly established the work of Brandy’s hands.  Our God created beauty, and this young woman has been given a gift to capture His art on film, and to share her thoughts on-line as a sweet neighbor.