~*Once UpOn A TiMe *~'`

The Story Behind

Ragamuffin Gal

Once there was a girl who loved

to spend time with her grandmother,

Pearl.

She loved to sit at her grandmother's

feet and gathers little bits of

scraps, rags, and left over materials

that fell from her work/sewing table.

She would look at each piece and

dream about what they could

become...

how they could be fashioned into

something beautiful and useful.

As time passed, she begin to use

this talent gained on other things

and people.

She read books by Manning, Wangerin,

and ten Boom, and listened to music

writtened and brought to life by

Rich Mullins, Caedman's Call, and

others.

She loves to take discarded things

and imagine the beautiful things

they could become.

And

she imagined the same

with people.

And she believed it...

even during the times,

especially when, 

she sometimes made a big

mess in her

own life.

Believing nothing is beyond

HOPE.

And she is imagining

and believing 

Still.

"For there is nothing lost,

that may be found,

if sought."

~Edmund Spenser

The picture is of my grandmother Pearl.  I'm not sure when it was taken,

but it is my favorite and I was thrilled when mother brought it to me to keep.