God gave her the job of painting clouds.

Her name is Patricia Saling.

Patricia had a life altering accident many years ago that allowed her an opportunity, many of us would give anything for. A chance to meet our maker.

She will vividly recall, that while in a coma, she conversed with God. She asked him to please send her home so that she may take care of her family & her husband. He agreed, and she has been sent back down to finish her duties. Mainly, to observe the clouds so that when she makes it back to heaven, she can paint them for God as a full time job.

She has taught art to countless people including her own children, and even helped found The Bridge School Benefit!
Her art is beautiful & inspired. It is full of whimsy, just like her.
She continues to touch hearts daily, ..and has certainly left a tiremark on mine.

" I believe in, love, and fear God."

"..I count on Him for my strength to carry on through hard times and to share the good times that I have. He is with me always and helps to guide me through my life.

I am a Lutheran.
I believe that Christ Jesus died for my sins and to give me salvation. I believe in, love, and fear the Trinity (God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit).

I am a sinner.
I sin every day and I am forgiven by God everyday when I pray and ask for forgiveness.
My religion helps me to keep my sanity when I want to break down. It helps keeps the stress off of my heart. It teaches me to forgive during times I think I can't let go.

It helps me to live my life as a good Christian with morals and goals. My religion also gives me something to look forward to when I die. "

"The feelings and emotions I feel when I talk to God the Father through his son, Jesus Christ, carried by the Holy Spirit, are very real and intense.

It is something I hold close.
It fills my body with love.
It has filled a void in my life that I have been feeling, and has changed the way I looked at things in a different way. a better, more accepting way. "
~Steven Andersen

I will love you longer than forever

"...Promise me that you will leave me never

Here and now, dear
All my love I vow, dear


Promise me that you will leave me never
I will love you longer than forever ..."

If only an image could capture sound, the hairs on your arm would stand on end, as mine did that morning...
You may be wondering how such a beautiful moment could bring such despair to this woman. Many years back, Hawaiians' celebrated the sacred union of marriage with ceremonies to commemorate the event and sacrifices of fruits from their harvests, to pay respect to the newlyweds.

20th Century American Missionaries considered these beliefs to be Pagan, and ritualistic and therefore, the Natives were no longer allowed to celebrate in their traditional ways.

To date, little information is available with regard to their historical traditions and heritage, beyond the song that exists in this woman's heart that we were lucky enough to hear that day.

What fossils will future generations find of us if left only with a carbon copy of our original heritage?

A girl named Juana

If I had to sum up Juana in one word, it would be....
Giver.

Juana lives by her own strict moral code, and is not a force to be reckoned with.

She has lived 100 peoples' lives and has a story to tell...

Her beliefs are tested daily, her views challenge
traditional ways of thinking and living, and her thumbprint will be everlasting.

She redefined motherhood in a way I've never seen or heard of. She gives without hope or expectation for return. She proved to me the flip side of morals, and that sometimes, the pig wants to be eaten.

I have stood in awe of her fire.

She's one of the few, brave enough to be at peace with herself.

What an amazing blend of grace and passion...

"Like it's Heaven on Earth...."

Miss Zarah was our first "Belief" model ... and was actually the inspiration for Belief.
She remains one of my daily inspirations.

Zarah showed me the strength of a woman is born in the will of a young girl.
The zealous imagination, and glowing inner beauty in Zarah pours through every picture we've taken of her. Her beliefs are challenged daily and she holds true without any regrets because she sees the world through loves' eyes.

I can remember one time getting frustrated trying to get a petty chore finished and it seemed to keep going wrong for me. Zarah looked at me with her big brown eyes, and said; "If you should fail...try and try again." I smiled a smile I rarely have the pleasure of enjoying, and my heart opened up even more. Her presence is uplifting, and her confidence is a breath of fresh air.

Zarah dances like no one is watching, she loves like she's never been hurt, she sings like nobody's listening, and lives like it's heaven on Earth.